Legal Opinion
Pat Perusse Realty Co. v. Lingo
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 15, 1968No. [No. 97, September Term, 1967.]PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, C. J.
The Maryland Reports are a repository of many suits by real estate brokers for unpaid commissions; mostly they have turned in varying aspects on whether the broker had procured a purchaser ready, willing and able to buy. The present appeal also turns on this point, albeit in a way that has not heretofore presented itself.
Ted Lingo and Elizabeth, his wife, owned their residence in Burning Tree Estates in Montgomery County. Because their marriage was on the rocks — a divorce was in the offing — they decided to sell it. The contract they both signed provided that the broker, the appellant, Pat…
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