Cheek v. Jackson Wax Museum, Inc. Ex Rel. Smith

KITE, Justice.

[¶1] Jackson Wax Museum, Inc. (the Museum) entered into a brokerage agreement with Robert S. Cheek, II, doing business as Cheek Real Estate Services (CRES), in which Mr. Cheek agreed to act as the Museum's exclusive broker for leasing property owned by the Museum. Mr. Cheek found a tenant which entered into a lease with the Museum. The Museum paid Mr. Cheek the commission due under the brokerage agreement.

[T2] After the term of the initial lease, the Museum and the tenant renegotiated the lease. The Museum did not pay Mr. Cheek a commission for the renegotiated lease. Mr. Cheek…