Furnari v. Goodman

Defendant-appellant Furnari appeals a final judgment entered upon a jury verdict assessing $9,500.00 as damages in favor of plaintiff-appellee Goodman in his suit for breach of an oral contract whereby appel-lee, a mortgage broker, was employed to obtain approximately One Million Dollars construction financing for a proposed apartment house.

At issue here is the admissibility of certain evidence and denial of motions for directed verdict for the defendant. We reverse with directions.

Testimony was in conflict as to whether the appellant-defendant accepted the mortgage loan commitment from…