Legal Opinion
Kennedy v. Polar-BEK & Baker Wildwood
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 13, 1996No. 1931434, 1931514PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Application for Rehearing
The opinion of June 28, 1996, is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor.
Carter S. Kennedy, a licensed real estate broker, sued Polar-BEK Baker Wildwood Partnership ("Polar-BEK"), seeking damages for the breach of an express contract to pay a 5% real estate sales commission. In the alternative, Kennedy claimed the breach of an implied-in-fact contract to pay the 5% commission. The jury returned a general verdict in favor of Kennedy in the amount of $455,000, the amount of the 5% commission claimed by Kennedy. However, the trial court granted…
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