Legal Opinion
Young v. Adams
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided July 12, 2005No. 53A05-0502-CV-60PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BARNES, Judge.
Case Summary
Suzanne Young appeals the trial court's entry of judgment in favor of her half brother, Mark Adams, on his complaint against her for breach of contract. We reverse.
Issue
Young raises six issues, however, we address the dispostive issue of whether an oral agreement for a commission upon finding a purchaser of real estate is barred by the writing requirement of Indiana Code Section 32-21-1-10.
Facts
Young owned fifty acres of land in Bloomington that she decided to sell. She contacted a real estate broker and offered him a $75,000 commission if he found a purchaser…
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