Wilcox v. Wilcox

1. Brokers in whose hands property is placed for sale, in order to earn commissions on account of the sale of such property, must either have sold it or have been the procuring cause of the sale. Doonan v. Ives, 73 Ga. 295 (1); Graves v. Hunnicutt, 8 Ga. App. 99 (68 S. E. 558).

2. Where property placed in the hands of a broker for sale is subsequently sold by the owner, the broker is entitled to the commission if he was the procuring cause of the sale, although .the sale was actually consummated by the owner. Hardin v. Stansel, 13 Ga. App. 22 (1) (78 S. E. 681); Case Threshing Machine Co. v.…