Bishop v. Sanders
Indiana Court of Appeals
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.…
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