Jaffe

Harry Jaffe, the plaintiff herein, appeals from a judgment following a jury trial and resulting from a directed verdict as to the first cause of action of his third amended complaint and a nonsuit as to his second and third causes of action.

The Jaffe case, together with two related actions, hereinafter referred to as the Gottlieb action and the Ameriean-Hawaiian action, were assigned to one judge for all purposes, including discovery, pretrial and trial. As a part of the pretrial conference order, on motion of Gottlieb and Jaffe and over the opposition of the defendants, it was ordered that the three cases be and they were consolidated for trial. It was further determined that the court would try all equitable issues first and that if any legal issues remained they would be tried by the jury. Certain of the causes of action were determined to be equitable in nature, and others, including Jaffe’s causes of action, were in law.

The evidence discloses that The Albertson Company (Albertson herein) is a corporation and owned approximately 11,500 acres of real property situated partially in Ventura County and in Los Angeles County. Albertson employed a licensed real estate broker, L.…