Richardson v. Office Buildings of Houston

PAUL PRESSLER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted on a promissory note.

The parties entered into a contract whereby appellee was given the nonexclusive right to sell appellant’s office building and to receive a commission of six percent if it sold the property during the term of the contract which was from October 1 to December 31, 1983. If appellant sold the property after the agreement expired to a buyer with whom the appellee had had negotiations and of whom appellee had notified appellant in writing, appellee was to be paid the commission.

Appellee located a buyer for…