JR Gray Company v. Jacobs

RICHARDS, Justice.

Merlin E. Jacobs, Jr., appellee, brought suit against J. R. Gray Company, Inc., appellant, for the recovery of commissions under the terms of a written contract on ttie sales of two aircraft owned by appellant and in the alternative, asking that he recover a reasonable fee under the contract for services rendered in making the sales. On the trial before the court without a jury, the Trial Court, having denied recovery of commissions under the contract since there was no “gross profit” from the sales, entered judgment for appellee for $1,338.41 as a reasonable fee for making…