Andros v. Hansen Realty Co.

Defendant appeals from a judgment dismissing its counterclaim to plaintiff’s complaint for a declaratory judgment. Plaintiff’s suit sought to cancel an agreement under which defendant was to act as exclusive sales agent for plaintiff in a development project. Defendant contends that the counterclaim stated a cause of action and that the trial court erred in concluding that it did not.

In plaintiff’s complaint he alleged that on August 1, 1972, he and the defendant-counterplaintiff Hansen Realty entered into a written exclusive brokerage agreement in the form of a letter signed by both parties.…