Express Auction Services, Inc. v. Conley

EYLER, Judge.

On April 9, 1998, Express Auction Services, Inc., appellant, filed a complaint against Joseph D. Conley, Jr. and Deborah Conley, appellees, seeking compensation for the provision of auctioneering services. 1 Appellant sued for breach of contract and in quantum meruit. Appellees filed a motion for summary judgment on the ground that appellant was not entitled to compensation as a matter of law because it provided real estate brokerage services but was not a real estate broker. Both parties requested a hearing on that motion, but the circuit court granted it without a hearing.…