Standard Abstract & Title Co. v. Rector-Phillips-Morse, Inc.

P. A. Hollingsworth, Justice.

In April, 1981, Appellant Standard Abstract and Title Company, Inc., (hereinafter Standard) entered into an exclusive listing contract for a period of twelve months with the Appellee, Rector-Phillips-Morse, Inc., (hereinafter RPM) for the sale of an office building. In February, 1982, Standard attempted to cancel the listing contract and proceeded to accomplish a sale of the property through another broker to Gary Eubanks and Hugh Spinks d/b/a Gary Eubanks and Associates. In December of 1981, an RPM salesman had shown the property to Eubanks.

The sale to Eubanks…