McMenamin v. Bishop

This appeal raises the question of whether or not an exclusive real estate listing agreement is a unilateral or a bilateral contract. The defendant, Dorothy E. Bishop, listed her Pierce County home with the plaintiff, McMenamin’s, a real estate company. She had obtained employment in Seattle. The agreement she signed was entitled “Real Estate Broker’s Employment Contract” and provided:

This Listing Is An Exclusive Listing and you hereby are granted the absolute, sole and exclusive right to sell or exchange the said described property. In the event of any sale, by me or any other person, or of…