Case Name: Muriel TSCHAMLER v. Arthur KELLEY
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1984-10-05
Citations: 482 A.2d 465
Docket Number: 
Parties: Muriel TSCHAMLER v. Arthur KELLEY.
Judges: Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 482
Pages: 465–466

Head Matter:
Muriel TSCHAMLER v. Arthur KELLEY.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
Argued May 1, 1984.
Decided Oct. 5, 1984.
Lipman & Parks, P.A. by Barbara L. Raimondi (orally), Sumner Lipman, Augusta, for plaintiff.
Shapiro & Daly by Harold J. Shapiro (orally), Michael J. Daly, Gardiner, for defendant.
Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM DECISION.
The Defendant appeals from an order of Superior Court, Kennebec County, affirming a judgment of the District Court, Augusta, in an action in which the Plaintiff recovered judgment from him for a brokerage commission on the rental of certain property in Randolph.
The record contains no evidence on the issue of whether the Plaintiff was a duly licensed real estate broker and the Defendant did not raise the issue in his answer or at trial. The Court is evenly divided on the question whether proof of a valid broker's license is an essential element of the Plaintiff's case by virtue of 32 M.R.S.A. § 4116 or whether absence of such a license must be raised as an affirmative defense pursuant to M.R.Civ.P. 8(e). Accordingly, the entry is:
By an evenly divided Court judgment affirmed.
All concurring.