Gillmore v. Morelli

VANDE WALLE, Justice.

Alfred C. Gillmore and Investors Management & Marketing, Inc. [IMM] appealed from a judgment dismissing their action against Reginald Morelli for recovery of a real estate broker’s commission and awarding Morelli $16,832 on his counterclaim. We affirm.

In September 1985 Morelli authorized Gillmore, a real estate broker for IMM, to procure a buyer for Morelli Distributing, Inc., and associated real property owned by Morelli and his wife. Although there was no written listing agreement, the parties do not dispute that Morelli agreed to pay Gill-more a broker’s commission of…