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Larry E. HALBERT and Garry K. Halbert, Appellants, v. FIRST REALTY SERVICES, INC., Appellee.
    No. BK-425.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Feb. 24, 1987.
    Rehearing Denied April 16, 1987.
    Tyrie A. Boyer of Boyer, Tanzler & Boyer, Jacksonville, for appellants.
    Frederick R. Brock of Gartner and Phillips, Jacksonville, for appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

This cause is before us on appeal from a final judgment entered pursuant to a directed verdict in favor of the plaintiff below (First Realty Services, Inc.) regarding an exclusive right to sale clause in a real estate contract. We reverse.

If there is room for difference among reasonable men as to existence of a material fact sought to be established or as to a material inference which reasonably might be drawn from established facts, the case should be submitted to the jury. Miami Coin-O-Wash, Inc. v. McGough, 195 So.2d 227 (Fla. 3d DCA 1967).

Upon review of the record, we find that the ambiguous testimony of Mr. Halbert (defendant below) would support a jury finding that the real estate contract had been modified such that a nonexclusive right to sale existed.

Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

WENTWORTH and ZEHMER, JJ., and J. LEWIS HALL, Jr., Associate Judge, concur.