Legal Opinion
Delaware Apartments, Inc. v. John J. Monaghan Co.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided October 18, 1949No. 4PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Layton, Judge,
delivering the opinion of the Court.
The law governing the right of real estate brokers to recover commissions for the sale of property is correctly stated by Gross, The Law of Real Estate Brokers, in part II, “Commissions and Their Recovery,” Chap. Ill, Sec. 131 et seq.: “The broker must produce a purchaser ready, willing and able to purchase on the principal’s terms.”
“In Section 132, the author further speaks as follows:
“Whatever may be the terms and conditions upon which the broker’s right to compensation depends, they must be performed as a condition precedent to a right of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- John M. Thompson & Co. v. New Madison Square Garden Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
- Maier v. RomanoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Pugh v. DollahanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1945
- Brocher v. OlcottCity of New York Municipal Court · 1927
3Cited by4 opinions
- Slaughter v. StaffordSupreme Court of Delaware · 1958
- Bernhardt v. LukeSupreme Court of Delaware · 1956
- Bernhardt v. LukeSuperior Court of Delaware · 1956
- Circelli v. BraunsteinDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1958