Quadrant Corp. V. Spake

The Quadrant Corporation, successor in interest to Interlake Realty Co., hereinafter referred to as "Interlake," sued Harry and Charlotte Spake, hereinafter referred to as "Spake," as if he were the sole appellant, and the Volotins and the Ancheses, individually, as well as their joint ventures, partnerships, and corporate enterprises, as indicated in the caption, to recover a $19,125 lease commission and an $8,000 real estate sales commission. The trial court, sitting without a jury, granted judgment only against the defendant Spake in the sum of $19,125 on the lease commission, reduced the $8,000 claim for a real estate sales commission to a judgment for $5,000, and dismissed all claims against the other defendants, the Volotins and the Ancheses. Spake appeals from the $24,125 judgment. Plaintiff Interlake cross-appeals from the trial court's judgment limiting its recovery to Spake and from the reduction of its claimed $8,000 real estate sales commission.