V/w Realty Sales Agency v. Long Meadows Country Club, Inc.

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

This is a suit by a real estate broker against the owner of a golf course with attendant stock and equipment to recover a commission for negotiating a sale which was not completed. In a non jury trial, the trial court rendered judgment for the plaintiff for $5,000.00 instead of $90,000.00 sought by the plaintiff. The plaintiff broker has appealed.

In a written contract of sale, dated March 22, 1973, John Jamail agreed to buy from Long Meadows Country Club, Inc., 126.58 acres of land and the improvements thereon together with an inventory of goods and an accumulation of…