Gallina v. Dollens

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Jefferson County entered in favor of the defendant after the trial court had granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s two-count complaint and plaintiff had elected to stand on that complaint.

Both parties agree that the only issue for review is whether the complaint stated a cause of action.

Both parties also agree that a broker may be hired by any one of three methods: (a) implication, (b) oral or verbal contract, or (c) written contract usually in the form…