Strout Realty, Inc. v. Milhous

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

We are asked in this case to determine the liability of a real estate vendor for payment of a broker’s commission when the purchaser produced by the broker defaults on the land sale contract after the transaction is closed. The broker brought the purchasers and sellers together, and they entered into an agreement by which the purchasers obligated themselves to pay for the property over a period of two years. The purchasers later defaulted on the contract before the broker had received all of his commission, and the sellers refused to pay the broker. The broker brought…