United Farm Agency of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Klasen

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals which reversed a judgment granted by the Honorable Warren Winton, Circuit Judge of Washburn county, on a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff, United Farm Agency of Wisconsin, Inc. (United Farm), the commission due on a real estate listing agreement upon the sale of the defendants’ (Klasens) resort to a buyer with whom United Farm had negotiated. The court of appeals concluded that the override provision of the listing agreement was ambiguous. Construing the agreement in the defendants’ favor, it determined that the override…