Dyer-Bussey Realtors, Inc. v. Wright

MAUS, Presiding Judge.

In this court tried case, the plaintiff recovered a judgment for $3,493 upon the basis of the defendants’ breach of a written exclusive listing contract. The defendants contend the judgment was improper because the contract had been orally modified so that it was not breached by them.

The evidence establishes the following. On March 1, 1980, the parties executed an exclusive listing contract. The contract was prepared by use of a form approved by counsel for the Missouri Association of Realtors. This contract granted to the plaintiff-realtor “the exclusive right to sell,”…