Walter S. Hardin Realty Co. v. Barolo

ALLEN, Chief Judge.

Walther S. Hardin Realty Co., Inc., plaintiff below,, appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant-appellees, Louis J. Barolo and Joanna T. Barolo, his wife.

The plaintiff realty company sued the Barolos, sellers of certain property owned by them in Sarasota, for a real estate commission.

In 1960, Mr. Barolo orally agreed to list these properties exclusively for sale with the appellant real estate company and this company began negotiations with the eventual purchaser, Mr. Helms. Sometime before the summer of 1962 Hardin obtained an oral offer from Helms…