Binder v. Levy Realty Co.

OPINION

Sitting without a jury, the district court found there was an oral contract and/or implied contract between appellants and respondent and that respondent was the procuring cause for the sale of three brothels in Winnemucca, Nevada. Accordingly, the district court held that respondent was owed a real estate broker’s commission for the sale. On appeal, appellants argue respondent was not the procuring cause of the sale. We agree.

FACTS

In 1983, appellants, Sylvia Binder and her business associate Jack Thomas (aka Jack Quisler), were attempting to sell three brothels in Winnemucca, Nevada.…