Boyert v. Tauber

OPINION

COOK, Justice.

This case presents two certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The questions, which require interpretation of the Real Estate Licensing Act (RELA), Tex. Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art 6573a, § 20(b) (Vernon Supp.1992), are: (1) “whether parol evidence may be admitted to identify the broker to whom a commission is owed in an action to recover a real estate commission based on a document signed by the purchaser acknowledging a debt to ‘outside brokers’ but not providing a complete listing of their names”; and (2) “whether the doctrine of…