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DORMAN v. PAN-AMERICAN INVESTMENTS, INC.

No. 78-2957.

625 F.2d 605 (1980)

Tyrus M. DORMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PAN-AMERICAN INVESTMENTS, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Emmett F. HILDRETH, Jr., and Allison V. Hildreth, Individually and as Executors of the Estate of Emmett F. Hildreth, Sr., Deceased, Third-Party Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon M. Capouano, Montgomery, Ala., for Hildreth.

Cleary, Lee, Porter, Evans & Rowe, L. Tennent Lee, III, Huntsville, Ala., for Pan-American.

Timberlake & Gammons, H. Kenan Timberlake, Huntsville, Ala., for Tyrus Dorman.

Before GODBOLD, TJOFLAT and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

In this case plaintiff Tyrus Dorman is seeking to recover a finder's fee or a fee for the release of his purported leasehold interest in land that was sold to defendant Pan-American. The district court held in favor of Dorman on several alternate theories and awarded a fee of $34,900 with interest. We reverse and hold that Dorman is not entitled to a finder's fee because he was not a licensed real...

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