Norris, Beggs & Simpson v. Eastgate Theatres, Inc.

Plaintiff filed this action to recover a commission for the sale of real estate. Defendant appeals from a judgment entered on a verdict for the plaintiff.

The defendant, Eastgate Theatres, Inc., is the owner of the Eastgate Theatre in Portland and the Westgate Theatre in Beaverton, and is a closely-held corporation with 25 percent of the stock owned by Thomas Moyer, president, and 75 percent by his wife. Also, Mr. Moyer individually owned a 25-percent interest in a partnership, consisting of his brothers and a sister, which owned drive-in theatres in Portland and Eugene. In 1968 dissension…