Hawkins v. Smithson

Defendant appeals by leave granted from a Wayne Circuit Court order which affirmed a 36th District Court judgment awarding plaintiff a real estate commission based on the sale of defendant’s property. We affirm.

On October 20, 1981, the parties entered into a listing agreement pursuant to which defendant was to pay plaintiff a ten percent commission if plaintiff sold defendant’s property. The agreement expired on February 20, 1982, but provided:

If during the term of this listing I/we, you, or anyone else sell or exchange the property or produce a purchaser ready, willing and able to purchase…