Chase & Taylor, Inc. v. Milam

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The issue is whether OCGA § 43-40-24 (b) (formerly Ga. Code § 84-1404) permits a Georgia-licensed real estate broker to sue for a sales commission arising solely out of the acts of a sales agent who was licensed in a foreign state. The trial court, having construed the law to require the agent to be Georgia-licensed also, directed a verdict for defendants upon the application of the statute to those undisputed facts.

The undisputed facts are these: “[T]he sole agent, servant and employee for Plaintiff performing any real estate acts in this transaction was Mr. Lowell…