Parks v. Underwood

Appellants’ second point is that appellee’s written exclusive contract, which authorized him as agent to sell the property within 45 days, had expired before the sale was made to Sellmeyer; hence the said contract afforded no basis for recovery of a real estate commission by appellee, though appel-lee may have started negotiations with Sell-meyer prior to the expiration date.

There are conflicting decisions in the various jurisdictions on the law question raised by appellants’ second point. They are listed and annotated in 26 A.L.R. 784-800 and 27 A.L.R.2d 1361-1373. The question is also…