Sessa v. Gigliotti

This was a suit for a real estate commission. The defendant entered into an exclusive listing agreement for six months with the plaintiff, a real estate broker, for the sale of property in New Britain for a price of $275,000 and for a 5 percent commission. During the six months, the de fendant entered into a lease agreement with a third party. The lease involved more than two-thirds of the property covered by the exclusive listing agreement, provided that the defendant-lessor would as promptly as possible demolish the buildings on the leased property and pave it for a parking lot. The lease…