Wolfenberger v. Madison

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, a real estate broker, received a jury award in the amount of *33,982 as brokerage commission for his efforts to sell the defendants’ 170-acre farm.

On appeal, the defendants assert that they are not liable for the commission because plaintiff never presented them with a buyer who was ready, willing and able to purchase their farm on the terms defendants claim to have made part of the employment contract between broker and seller. They further claim that the prospective purchaser was never bound to seller by any…