Steward Village Shopping Center, Ltd. Partnership v. Melbourne

This case presents yet another dispute between a real estate broker and a property owner resulting from a claim for payment of a commission. Unlike the more typical case, however, here the broker claims to have produced a tenant rather than a purchaser. The appeal is from a judgment of $5,700 awarded by a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Bowie, J.) to appellee, Melbourne Real Estate, Inc. (the broker), against appellant, Steward Village Shopping Center Limited Partnership (the owner). We affirm.

Early in January 1973, Robert D. Lucian (Lucian), a licensed real estate…