Hilgendorf v. Hague

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves liability and damage questions under a listing contract in an action by plaintiff Harvey C. Hilgendorf, a licensed real estate broker. Defendant vendors, Mervin G. and A. Joan Hague, are spouses. The husband conducted the transaction for both spouses, and his authority to do so is not questioned.

We recite the facts in the light most favorable to the trial court’s decision for Hilgendorf. For several years the Hagues had been in difficult financial circumstances; they had large indebtedness. They owned land, and Hague himself was also in the silo…