Goodwin v. Glick

Plaintiff, a licensed real estate broker, instituted this action for the recovery of a commission in effecting a sale of defendant’s property, and recovered judgment for which defendant appeals. The determinative question is whether plaintiff is entitled to maintain the action. The facts upon which the answer to this question depends are undisputed and may be briefly stated.

Defendant executed a written agreement with Petros Realty Company, a licensed real estate broker, by the terms of which he appointed said company as his “sole and exclusive agent and grant said agent the exclusive right to…