Kirkpatrick v. Lawrence

COMBS, Judge.

Edwin P. Kirkpatrick and Thomas J. Cuni appeal from the Boone Circuit Court’s judgment in favor of the Appellees. The judgment dismissed an action by Kirkpatrick and Cuni to recover a commission allegedly owed to them for the sale of Appellee Carlos Lawrence’s business. The focus of our review is the trial court’s conclusion that the seller of a business is not liable for a commission to an unlicensed broker where the commission contract contemplated that the unlicensed broker would arrange for the sale of real estate and other business assets in violation of the provisions of…