Legal Opinion
National Savings & Trust Company, as Successor Trustee for the Alonzo Bliss Properties v. B. Franklin Kahn
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 30, 1962No. 16567PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Circuit Judge.
Kahn, a licensed real estate broker in the District of Columbia, brought this suit against the National Savings & Trust Company for a commission on its sale of certain real property to the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners in March of 1959. He obtained a judgment pursuant to a jury verdict, and the Bank appeals.
The principal issue at trial was whether Kahn was the “procuring cause” of the sale. The evidence showed that at Kahn’s request the Bank gave him a letter, dated May 20, 1958, and signed by its agent Shea, which read as follows:
“This will authorize you to…
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