Lighthart v. Lindstrom

The plaintiff realtor sued the defendants for real estate commissions allegedy due as the result of his procuring, at their request, a tenant for part of an office building in which they (and their wives) held the beneficial interests under a land trust. A 5-year written lease was signed with an insurance company which, at the end of that initial period (but after both defendants had sold and assigned their interests), exercised its option to renew said lease for another 5 years. No writing whatsoever provided for any real estate commission.

The trial court entered judgment for the plaintiff…