Smirlock v. Potomac Development Corp.

The principal question in this case is whether a real estate broker licensed in another State, but not licensed in Maryland and not holding a “single transaction” power of attorney, who seeks employment in this State for the sale and lease back of property situated in this State, and who conducts negotiations here (followed up later elsewhere), with a prospective purchaser which result in an agreement for the sale of the property and its lease back to the seller, may recover, under our laws relating to real estate brokers, a broker’s commission for his services, pursuant to an agreement for…