ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES OF ATLANTA, INC. v. Spalding Partners, Ltd.

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, a real estate brokerage company, entered into a one-year exclusive listing contract with the appellee pursuant to which it undertook to obtain tenants for the appellee’s new office building. Seven months into the arrangement, the appellee cancelled the agreement. The appellant thereafter demanded to be paid commissions for any leases executed by tenants whom it had previously contacted, prompting the appellee to file the present action to obtain a judicial declaration that the appellant was not owed such commissions. The appellee subsequently obtained a…