Hays v. Goodman-Leonard Realty Co.

The appellees, Alfred Goodman and John C. Leonard, doing business under the trade-name of Goodman-Leonard Realty Company, were engaged in the real estate brokerage business in the city of Gulfport, Miss., and they instituted this suit in the circuit court of Harrison county, seeking to recover a five per cent, commission on the price of certain property owned by the appellant, which had been listed for sale with the appellees. There was a verdict in favor of the realty company, and from the judgment entered in pursuance thereof this appeal was prosecuted.

The declaration alleged that the…