Whitefield v. Haggart

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is an action by two real estate brokers, Haggart and Owens, to recover a 6% commission from Mr. and Mrs. Whitefield for having found a purchaser for a 10-acre tract owned by the Whitefields. The defendants’ answer to the complaint was a general denial. Upon trial the jury awarded the plaintiffs $1,050, which was just half the amount of their commission. There are several points for reversal, plus a cross appeal, but we affirm the trial court’s judgment in its entirety.

In 1978 the Whitefields orally employed the brokers to find a purchaser for the ten acres, for…