Aritex Land Co. v. Arnold

KRUCKER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee, Vivian Arnold, initiated this action in the Superior Court of Pima County to recover a broker’s fee on the sale of defendant’s property in Texas. Defendant-appellant, Aritex, an Arizona corporation, counterclaimed for return of the portion of the broker’s fee that had been paid to plaintiff, alleging fraud and illegal contract because plaintiff and her agents were not licensed real estate brokers or salesmen in Texas.

On 7 December 1970, the court entered a written judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $40,637.50, plus interest and…