KEENAN COMPANY v. Pamlico, Inc.

Banke, Judge.

Appellants, plaintiffs below, filed suit in Bibb County against appellee, a Georgia resident, seeking recovery of a real estate commission allegedly due on a contract for the sale of land. The trial court granted summary judgment for defendant "based upon the failure of plaintiffs to be licensed as real estate brokers or salesmen under the law of Georgia . . .”

The uncontested facts show that appellants are realtors licensed to do business in South Carolina, that they are not licensed by Georgia as real estate brokers or salesmen, and that appellant Keenan entered into a…