Sakelaris v. Mayfair Realty, Inc.

Plaintiff, a real estate broker, brought an action against the corporate defendant and its president, another broker, alleging as one cause of action the breach of a contract to divide a sales commission and, as a second cause of action, tortious interference with plaintiff’s contractual rights against the seller in the same transaction. The trial court granted defendants’ motion for nonsuit on the tort claim and, at the end of the trial, directed a verdict for plaintiff on the contract claim for the disputed share of the commission. From the resulting judgment, plaintiff appeals with respect…