Priestman v. Elder

Sherck, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Wood County Court of Common Pleas which granted summary judgment to a seller of real property who was involved in a dispute with a real estate agent over a sales commission. Because we conclude that the trial court properly found the agent’s claim barred by a statute of limitations, we affirm.

In 1970, appellant, William E. Priestman, contracted with Herbert E. Roether and Helen Roether, husband and wife, to act as their agent to sell or lease parcels of property which the Roethers owned near Perrysburg, Ohio. Under the terms of this…