Green v. Toney

George Rose Smith, Justice.

Felix Green appeals from a verdict and judgment awarding the two appellees, John D. Toney and Block Realty Company, a $10,000 real estate broker’s commission for having procured the purchaser for a 20-acre tract of land sold by Green. Green contends primarily that he was entitled to a directed verdict, on the ground that there was no substantial evidence that the brokers’ services contributed to the ultimate sale of the property. We agree with the trial judge’s conclusion that the proof presented a jury question.

The facts are not essentially in dispute. In 1970 John…