Whalen v. Bistes

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Michael Whalen sought specific performance or, alternatively, damages for breach of contract, relating to a land-sale agreement he attempted to broker between Gregory Bistes Jr. and the Bradshaw . Family Limited Partnership. The chancellor granted summary judgment in Bistes’s favor and found that Whalen’s undisclosed dual-agency representation of both Bistes and the Partnership made delivery ineffective and rendered the contract unenforceable. The chancellor also held that because Whalen lacked a real-estate license while acting as a realtor and brokering the…