Case Name: Jack L. BYRD, Appellant, v. Neill M. MICHAEL and Bert G. Gross, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1973-12-14
Citations: 287 So. 2d 119
Docket Number: No. 73-305
Parties: Jack L. BYRD, Appellant, v. Neill M. MICHAEL and Bert G. Gross, Appellees.
Judges: WALDEN and MAGER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 287
Pages: 119–119

Head Matter:
Jack L. BYRD, Appellant, v. Neill M. MICHAEL and Bert G. Gross, Appellees.
No. 73-305.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Dec. 14, 1973.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 16, 1974.
Joseph A. Rosier, Orlando, for appellant.
John D. Mendez, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

Opinion:
DOWNEY, Judge.
In the court below appellees sued appellant for a real estate brokerage commission and prevailed. The sole point there and here was whether the transaction was "closed" so as to entitle the appellees to their commission. The trial court held it was closed and entered judgment for the commission.
On the record before us at this time, absent any suggestion of fraud on appellant's part, we find the sale was not closed as provided in the brokerage contract and that appellees'' suit was premature. Accordingly, the judgment appealed from is reversed with directions to dismiss the cause,
WALDEN and MAGER, JJ., concur.