Pueblo v. the Leach Realty Company

This is an action by a real estate broker for a sales commission. We shall refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court where Leach was plaintiff and the City of Pueblo was the defendant.

The pertinent facts are: In 1954 defendant abandoned its municipal airport, moving to a different location. Desiring to sell the old airport land it appointed all licensed real estate brokers in the City of Pueblo as its non-exclusive sales agents. Part of the lands (22.714 acres) were placed on the market by defendant for a shopping center site, i.e., as a “Commercial Area” appraised at…