Seelye v. Broad

Plaintiff, a realtor, brought this suit for a sale of real estate commission against defendants who were the property owners. From circuit court judgment of no cause for action in favor of defendants, plaintiff appealed to the Court of Appeals and, from its affirmance, he sought and was granted appeal here.

The question presented is whether defendants had the right, with respect to their written authorization of plaintiff to sell the property, for a period of one day, to terminate it before that day had expired and to sell the property themselves without liability to plaintiff for the…