Kiser Real Estate Co. v. Shippen Hardwood Lumber Co.

1. “The general rule, in the absence of a different agreement, is that a real estate broker in whose hands property is placed for sale earns his commissions when, during the agency, he finds a purchaser ready, willing, and able to buy, and who offers to buy on the terms stipulated by the owner.” Winer v. Flournoy Realty Co., 27 Ga. App. 87 (1) (107 S. E. 398); Houser v. Vose, 33 Ga. App. 431 (126 S. E. 869, 870). Thus, under the general rule, where the broker has thus complied with his usual undertaking, he is entitled to his commission although the sale fails of consummation on account of…