McWilliams v. Mulgrew

Plaintiff, a licensed real estate broker, sues to recover commissions allegedly earned by Mm. Defendant employed plaintiff to sell her house. She originally asked him to procure a buyer for $13,500, all cash, but when the broker was unable to obtain a purchaser for that amount, she reduced her price to $11,500 and finally told him she would take $10,000, all cash. After considerable efforts to further the sale, the broker procured a buyer, ready, willing, and able to complete the transaction. Defendant, when informed by telephone that plaintiff had found a buyer at her price, agreed to the…