Betty Leavell Realty Co. v. Raggio

POPE, Chief Justice.

Betty Leavell Realty Company (Betty Leavell), sued Grier H. Raggio to recover a real estate commission and obtained a judgment on a jury verdict for $8,400 plus interest and attorney fees. The court of appeals in an unpublished opinion reversed the judgment and remanded the cause for a new trial, because the trial court, in error, cast the burden of proof on a controlling issue upon the defendant Raggio. We granted the application for writ of error, reversed the judgment of the court of appeals in a per curiam opinion and affirmed the judgment of the trial court. On motion…