Baird & Warner, Inc. v. Stuparits

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DOWNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Baird & Warner, Inc., was granted summary judgment against defendants, Charles J. Stuparits and William Stuparits, thereby recovering a real estate broker’s commission pursuant to a written exclusive listing agreement. The issue raised in this appeal is whether summary judgment was improperly granted.

Plaintiff is a corporation engaged in the real estate brokerage business in the city of Chicago. On April 16, 1973, the parties entered into an exclusive sales listing agreement whereby defendants employed plaintiff as…