Hartley v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 79, July T., 1891, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Bedford Co., April T., 1889, No. 135, on verdict for defendant. Assumpsit for services in procuring purchaser for real estate. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 79, July T., 1891, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Bedford Co., April T., 1889, No. 135, on verdict for defendant. Assumpsit for services in procuring purchaser for real estate. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The notice of Aug. 15, 1887, from plaintiff to defendant was as follows: “In pursuance of your authority to me for that purpose dated July 15, 1887, I take this opportunity to inform you that I have this day received a proposition for the purchase of the Bedford Springs property and secured a purchaser for the same, in a written proposition from a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb.. Chief Justice Paxson,
Brokers are persons whose business it is to bring buyer and seller together. They need have nothing to do with the negotiation of the bargain: Inslee v. Jones, Brightly’s N. P. Rep. 76. A broker becomes entitled to his commissions whenever he procures for his principal a party with whom he is satisfied, and who actually contracts for the purchase of the property at a price acceptable to the owner: Glentworth v. Luther, 21 Barb. *394145. He must establish his employment as broker, either by previous authority, or by the acceptance of his agency and the…
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