Byron Nelson Co. v. Orchard Management Corp.

— Byron Nelson Co. (Byron) is a Washington corporation. Byron brokers sales of used commercial equipment. Orchard Management Corporation (OMC) is a Virginia corporation. It sells used farm equipment. OMC had a complete used apple packing line to sell. In 1995, in response to an old magazine advertisement of Byron’s, OMC contacted Byron in Washington and asked Byron to act as its broker for the packing line. On August 23, 1995, the parties executed a brokerage contract by facsimile. The contract gave Byron the exclusive right to sell the equipment through April 1996, at a commission of 15…