Franklin v. Davis

This is an action to recover a broker’s commission alleged to be due the plaintiff for services in procuring a purchaser for certain land owned by the defendant. There was evidence from which it could have been found that the defendant agreed to pay the plaintiff a commission of five per cent; that the plaintiff procured a written agreement between the defendant and Elizabeth and Esther Tankel by which they were to purchase, and the defendant was to sell the land in question for $6,000; *203that the prospective purchasers were at all times ready, able and willing to carry out the agreement, but…