David Gavin Co. v. Gibson

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

Appellant The David Gavin Company challenges the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to appellee Patrick J. Gib son in Gavin’s claim for a commission as the consultant hired to help Gibson locate and acquire an automobile dealership and its associated real estate. Gibson contended that (1) the Real Estate License Act, Tex Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 6573a (Vernon Supp. 1989), bars Gavin’s claim because Gavin did not allege and prove that it was duly licensed to perform brokerage services involving real estate and (2) Gavin’s failure to give Gibson statutorily required…