Wood v. Strodtbeck

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Appeal from the district court of Sanders County from a judgment entered following the granting of defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

In this matter the defendants, who were husband and wife, elderly and ill, owned a ranch. On October 4, 1960, they signed a written agreement with the plaintiff real estate broker listing the ranch for sale. The listing originally was exclusive but later changed at the request of the defendants to a general listing. Some months before the signing of the listing…