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Felker v. Belk Company

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Sep 28, 1978
248 S.E.2d 698 (Ga. Ct. App. 1978)

Opinion

56297.

ARGUED SEPTEMBER 11, 1978.

DECIDED SEPTEMBER 28, 1978.

Action for commissions. Whitfield Superior Court. Before Judge Temples.

McDonald, McDonald McDonald, E. Crawford McDonald, for appellant.

Mitchell, Mitchell, Coppedge, Boyett, Wester Bates, Warren N. Coppedge, Jr., James H. Bisson, III, for appellees.


Fort Felker, Jr. appeals from the grant of plaintiff's motion for summary judgment for real estate commissions.

On August 27, 1977, plaintiff obtained a judgment against defendant for commissions that accrued up to the time of trial. In ruling on the motion for summary judgment, the trial court held that all the issues between the parties were adjudicated in the prior action and that under Blakely v. Couch, 129 Ga. App. 625 ( 200 S.E.2d 493) (1973) plaintiff was entitled to judgment by estoppel. We agree. "It is well-settled law that neither insolvency nor other inability of the lessee to perform a lease is a defense to an action by a broker for commissions." Miller v. Adams-Cates Co., 64 Ga. App. 858, 860 ( 14 S.E.2d 220) (1941).

Judgment affirmed. Smith and Banke, JJ., concur.

ARGUED SEPTEMBER 11, 1978 — DECIDED SEPTEMBER 28, 1978.


Summaries of

Felker v. Belk Company

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Sep 28, 1978
248 S.E.2d 698 (Ga. Ct. App. 1978)
Case details for

Felker v. Belk Company

Case Details

Full title:FELKER v. BELK COMPANY et al

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Sep 28, 1978

Citations

248 S.E.2d 698 (Ga. Ct. App. 1978)
147 Ga. App. 326