Harmon v. Enright
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. A. M. Woodson, Judge. If a person employs a real estate agent to sell his property, and in the contract of employment prescribes the terms and conditions on which the broker may act in selling or in securing a purchaser, and if the broker does not himself sell the property, but does find and send to Ms employer one who is ready, able and willing to bny the property on the terms and conditions prescribed in the contract, and offers…
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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. A. M. Woodson, Judge. If a person employs a real estate agent to sell his property, and in the contract of employment prescribes the terms and conditions on which the broker may act in selling or in securing a purchaser, and if the broker does not himself sell the property, but does find and send to Ms employer one who is ready, able and willing to bny the property on the terms and conditions prescribed in the contract, and offers so to do, then the broker has earned his commission and is entitled to it, whether the employer accepts the offer or not.…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
This case will best be understood by reference, first, to the allegations of the plaintiff’s petition which are in substance that the defendants were the owners of a small tract of land consisting of about thirty-one acres situate on Lake Contrary, in this State; that plaintiff, a real estate broker, entered into a contract with defendants whereby they agreed to pay plain*562tiff as and for Ms commission for services in selling said' land, the sum of $2,800, providing the plaintiff found a. purchaser for said land at a price not less than $30,000, to be paid upon conditions and in manner…
2Cited by1 opinion
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