MANNING-SHAW REALTY CO., INC. v. McConnell

A real estate broker has appealed from a summary decree denying it a commission. The facts from which this simple question stems are as sparse as they are unusual. They appear to be as follows.

The McConnells (sellers) employed appellant (the broker) to find a buyer for their home. In September of 1962 the broker brought them a contract which provided for the sale of their property (724 Denison Street, Baltimore) to Frank H. Phillips and his wife (buyers) for $6,000, subject to a $78 ground rent and called for (among other things) a down payment of $400, a deposit of $150 to be used for…