Legal Opinion

Kelton v. Baker

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided October 2, 1951No. 6 Div. 987Published

1Opinion of the Court

HARWOOD, Judge.

This appellant, a real estate broker in Cullman County, was the plaintiff in the suit below. Recovery was sought on the common counts for recovery of a broker’s commission for the sale, or procuring of a purchaser, of certain real estate owned by the defendant in Cullman County.

The pleading was in short by consent.

At the conclusion of the evidence, and after both sides had rested, the court gave to the jury the general affirmative charge with hypothesis in favor of the defendant (appellee).

The action of the court in this regard is determinative of this appeal..

In the trial…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Bromberg v. First Nat. Bank of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  2. Terry Realty Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  3. First Nat. Bank of Birmingham v. HendrixSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  4. Chambers v. LindseySupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  5. Garnet v. GunnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921

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