Patterson v. Blair

CROCKETT, Justice.

The problem with which we are here concerned is the meaning to be given the term “offered for sale” as it is used in a certain real estate listing contract.

Defendants Blair signed an agreement listing their farm near Payson, Utah for sale with plaintiffs, real estate brokers. It gave the latter exclusive right to sell the property for six months and provided that if Blairs sold it within 12 months after that time “to any person to whom * * * [plaintiffs] have previously offered it,” defendants were to pay a commission.

There was no sale during the listing period, but within…