Thompson v. Foster

The brokerage contract or listing here in suit does not purport to have conferred on the plaintiffs the exclusive right to sell the defendants’ property. Therefore, the legal principles involved will be stated and discussed, and should be interpreted, against that factual background. See 8 Am. Jur., Brokers, Sections 57 and 192.

Ordinarily, where property is listed with a broker for sale at a stipulated price, out of which the broker’s compensation is to be paid, and a sale is effected through the broker as a procuring cause, he is entitled to compensation, even though the final negotiations…