Sanders v. Devereux

This is an appeal by the sellers of real estate from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Mongtomery County in favor of a real estate broker for a commission in the amount of $3,928.75, which the broker claimed for being the “procuring cause” of the sale involved.

In 1959 Mr. and Mrs. J. Melford Sanders, the defendants below and appellants here, were the owners of Melwood Farm, containing 148 acres, located near Olney in Montgomery County. In the spring of that year they erected a sign on the side of the road in front of their farm, which read “For Sale by Owner” and gave their telephone number…