Christopher Investment Properties, Inc. v. Cox

Johnson, Judge.

The trial court granted summary judgment against Patricia Albert, the claimant of a real estate commission, finding that this agent of Christopher Investment Properties, Inc., d/b/a Re/Max, Northwest, was not the “procuring cause” of the sale in question and therefore was not entitled to receive any commission pursuant to the residential sale of “Whitehall.” The court concluded that because Albert was not the procuring cause or a party to any valid contract to sell Whitehall, Albert’s additional claims based on conspiracy and quantum meruit had no validity.

On March 23, 1991,…