Court Opinion

ID: 9674352
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 04:27:17.082846+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:27.143077
License: Public Domain

On Motions for Rehearing
Both parties have filed motion for rehearing. Appellees contend in their motion that the terms of the listing contract gave the owner the privilege of selling the property and that the agreement was not breached by the owner’s sale to a third party. Appellees base their argument upon language in the contract which specifies that the realtor’s commission is to be paid upon the sale of the property “whether made by owner or by anyone else.” Appellants contend in their motion that they were entitled to attorney’s fees.
Appellees’ argument overlooks the basic nature of the listing agreement in question. This was an exclusive listing contract and granted to the appellants the exclusive “right to sell” the property. Upon a sale of the property by the appellees to a third party before the expiration of the term, appellants’ remedy was a suit for damages for breach of contract. West v. Barnes, 351 S.W.2d 615 (Tex.Civ.App.— Austin (1961), ref., n. r. e.) ; Neece v. A. A. A. Realty Company, 156 Tex. 614, 299 S.W.2d 270 (1957). Appellants’ suit was upon the contract and no recovery of attorney’s fees was authorized. West v. Barnes, supra.
The motions for rehearing filed by appellants and by appellees are overruled.