Calka v. Donahoe

This is a suit by a real estate broker for a commission for the sale of a farm, claimed to be due under the terms o| a written real estate listing agreement. The farxp was sold after the agreement had expired but within 12 months thereafter. The circuit judge who heard the testimony without a jury entered a judgment for plaintiff broker, and defendants appeal..

Defendants owned a farm which they wished to sell. On August 19, 1964, defendants enter'into an exclusive listing agreement with plaintiff real estate broker, B. A. Calka. Under the agreement, plaintiff had the exclusive right to sell…