First National Realty Corp. v. Blackwell Realty Co.

CLAGETT, Associate Judge.

Plaintiff sued defendant for a broker’s commission. The principal issue was whether one of plaintiff’s salesmen was the procuring cause of a sale of real estate. The trial court found that he was and defendant has appealed.-

Defendant corporation is in the business of buying and selling real estate. At the time it purchased the property in question, plaintiff had presented to the former owner an unacceptable offer for the same property from another person. Immediately upon learning that defendant had puchased the property, plaintiff applied for and received from it a…