Buckingham v. Stille

HAYDEN, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment in an action based upon an alleged oral contract for a real estate finder’s fee. He asserts that: 1) the statute of frauds provision set forth in 700 Iowa Administrative Code 1.23 is not applicable to oral finder’s fee agreements; 2) defendants’ statute of frauds defense was waived by partial performance and equitable estoppel, and 3) substantial evidence supports plain tiff’s recovery on either contract or quantum meruit theories. We affirm.

C. Norris Buckingham was a licensed real estate broker. In 1977, he was contacted by D. Morris…