Nichols v. Henry
Nichols v. Henry
Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff has appealed an adverse summary final judgment rendered in an action brought by him to recover a real estate brokerage commission. The trial court found from the pleadings, depositions, and affidavit on file in the cause that there existed no genuine issue of any material fact on the issue of defendants’ liability, and that they were entitled to judgment as a matter of law.
We have carefully reviewed the record on appeal but fail to find therein any evidence which could directly or by inference support a judgment for plaintiff either on the theory of implied contract or quantum meruit as alleged in the amended complaint.
The undisputed evidence affirmatively establishes that defendants refused to enter into a brokerage contract with plaintiff for a sale of defendants’ property, and repeatedly admonished that in the event of a sale to the prospective purchaser procured by plaintiff, the quoted selling price would be net to defendants free from any obligation for payment of a brokerage commission.
Appellant urges that the facts in the case sub judice are sufficient to bring it within the rule pronounced in National Airlines,
. Martin v. Allen, (Fla.App. 1967) 200 So. 2d 243; City Builders’ Finance Co. v. Stahl, 90 Fla. 357. 106 So. 77; 43 A.L.R. 842, 847.
. National Airlines, Inc. v. Oscar E. Dooly Associates, Inc., (Fla.App. 1964) 169 So.2d 53.
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