H. M. Seldon Co. v. Carson

Before us is the correctness of a trial court decision, holding that the owners of property on which they had given a six-month exclusive listing agreement to a broker, could cancel before the expiration of the listing without liability to the broker for damages, even though the broker had spent a substantial sum in his endeavor to sell.

In December, 1965, James Carson telephoned the H. M. Seldon Company, a real-estate brokerage office specializing in industrial and commercial property, and told Eldon K. Andrews, a vice-president of the real-estate company, that he would like to sell his real…