THIBODEAUX v. DUDLEY DOWNING AND ASSOCIATES

No. 7582.

340 So.2d 1000 (1976)

Clarence THIBODEAUX v. DUDLEY DOWNING AND ASSOCIATES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 31, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip A. Gattuso, Robert F. Fadaol, Gretna, for plaintiff-appellant.

Steven K. Faulkner, Jr., Robert L. Simpson, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before REDMANN, BOUTALL and SCHOTT, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from the dismissal of his claim for a share in his former employer's commission on the sale of a house whose listing plaintiff had obtained. We reverse.

Plaintiff had left defendant's employ to establish his own brokerage firm, which actually sold the house and received half of the commission. The trial judge reasoned that on forming his own brokerage plaintiff created a relationship adverse to his former employer's interest...

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