CHAPMAN CO. v. WESTERN NEB. BROADCASTING CO.

No. 81-744.

329 N.W.2d 107 (1983)

213 Neb. 322

CHAPMAN COMPANY, INC., Appellee, v. WESTERN NEBRASKA BROADCASTING CO., INC., et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Brower and Paul E. Hofmeister of Van Steenberg, Brower, Chaloupka, Mullin & Holyoke, Gering, for appellants.

Harris & Lippstreu, Scottsbluff, for appellee.

KRIVOSHA, C.J., and BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, CLINTON, WHITE, HASTINGS, and CAPORALE, JJ.


KRIVOSHA, Chief Justice.

The instant appeal presents to the court a question of first impression concerning the proper interpretation of a broker's contract for the sale of a business. Following trial to a jury a verdict was returned by the jury in favor of the broker, Chapman Company, Inc., and against the owners of radio station KEYR in the amount of $21,650. For reasons which we more particularly set out in this opinion, we believe that the instruction given by...

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