Young v. De Vito

CLAGETT, Associate Judge.

Plaintiffs, licensed real estate and business chance brokers, sued defendants, owners of a restaurant, for a commission claimed to be due in connection with an attempted sale of the restaurant business. At the conclusion of plaintiffs’ case, the trial court directed a verdict for defendants and plaintiffs appeal.

Defendants did not own the building in which the restaurant is located, and the entire controversy involves the lease on such premises held by defendants from their landlord. In the written listing for the sale of the business given by defendants to plaintiffs…