Fredericks v. Howell

ANSTEAD, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment pursuant to a jury verdict finding that the appellee broker was entitled to a commission on the sale of appellant’s property pursuant to the terms of an exclusive listing agreement. The appellant claims that the trial court erred in excluding from evidence a photocopy of a carbon copy of a letter he wrote to the appellee cancelling the agreement. We agree and reverse.

In defense of appellee’s claim for a commission the appellant alleged that he had written a letter to the appellee, well in advance of the sale of the property, cancel-ling…