Muscogee Realty Development Corp. v. Jefferson Co.

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The two captioned cases grew out of a dispute as to how large a commission, if any, was owed by Dr. J. B. Chastain and Muscogee Realty Development Corporation (Muscogee) to the Jefferson Company (Jefferson), a real estate brokerage firm, in connection with the sale of a piece of a property owned by Midtown Partners (Midtown) and sold to Muscogee and Chastain through the Gentry Company (Gentry), another real estate firm having close ties with Midtown. Jefferson, plaintiff below, alleged that it was the procuring cause of the sale and hence entitled to the commission…