NATIONAL SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY v. KAHN

No. 16567.

300 F.2d 910 (1962)

NATIONAL SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY, as Successor Trustee for the Alonzo Bliss Properties, Appellant, v. B. Franklin KAHN, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John J. Wilson, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. William E. Rollow, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Frank F. Roberson, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. James A. Belson, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Chief Judge, and PRETTYMAN and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

Kahn, a licensed real estate broker in the District of Columbia, brought this suit against the National Savings & Trust Company for a commission on its sale of certain real property to the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners in March of 1959. He obtained a judgment pursuant to a jury verdict, and the Bank appeals.

The principal issue at trial was whether Kahn was the "procuring cause" of the sale. The evidence showed that at Kahn...

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