Sol Abramson v. Gulf Coast Jewelry and Specialty Company, Inc., Harold W. Ripps, H. A. Meisler, S. J. Ripps and Mrs. H. A. Meisler

Abramson sued Gulf Coast Jewelry & Specialty Co., Inc., a family owned corporation, and its three shareholders for a broker’s commission allegedly earned in the sale of the capital stock of the corporation to Gordon’s Jewelry Corporation. After a non-jury trial the court found that Abramson was the procuring cause of the sale. That conclusion is amply supported by the record.

The defendants say that, nevertheless, Abramson is barred of any recovery because part of the subject matter of the sale was Alabama real estate, that Abramson had no real estate broker’s license for that state, and its…