Legal Opinion

Bishop v. Sanders

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided November 30, 1993No. 36A05-9302-CV-38PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAKER, Judge.

Appellant-plaintiff Donn Bishop, d/b/a Century 21 Donn Bishop Real Estate (Century 21), appeals a negative judgment in favor of appellee-defendants Robert and Marian Sanders, in his action to recover a real estate commission.

ISSUES

Century 21 raises two issues which we restate as:

I. May a broker enforce a commission under a real estate listing contract where the broker has not procured the vendor’s buyer?

II. Does the sale to the buyer fall outside the exclusion clause in the listing contract?

FACTS

On May 3, 1991, the Sanders executed an exclusive listing contract with Century 21.…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners v. RittenhouseIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991
  2. Ethyl Corp. v. Forcum-Lannom Associates, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corp. v. GreenIndiana Court of Appeals · 1985
  4. Lutz v. New Albany City Plan CommissionIndiana Supreme Court · 1951
  5. Wolff v. SlusherIndiana Court of Appeals · 1974

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Miller v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
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  3. Brown v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Samar, Inc. v. HofferthIndiana Court of Appeals · 2000
  5. Harold Wright Company, Incorporated v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995

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