COWAL, TRADING AS GIBRALTAR REALTY CO. v. Marletta

The Circuit Court for Prince George’s County set aside the verdict of a jury in favor of the appellant (broker) for $670 commissions and granted the motion of the appellee (owner) for a judgment n.o.v. under Maryland Rule 563 b 1. While the record is silent on the subject, the apparent basis for the trial court’s action was that there was no legally sufficient evidence from which the jury could have found that the broker’s efforts were the procuring cause of the sale. This appeal questions the correctness of that ruling and requires a review of the evidence.

The following facts are undisputed.…