Clements v. Constantine

This is an action at law for a broker’s

commission. The controversy arose in this way: On July 13, 1950, Irma S. Constantine and her husband, Peter Constantine, entered into a written agreement with plaintiff’s decedent. In it they granted plaintiff’s decedent, or his assigns, an option to purchase certain real estate located in the city of Detroit. The agreement, written upon a Detroit real-estate board “Option Form,” provided for the purchase of the described property for the sum of $125,000, upon condition that there be an acceptance of the option in writing on or before the expiration…