Matz v. Bessman

This is a suit by a real estate broker for commission claimed to have been earned on a sale. The authorization by the owner was based on a definite net price to be obtained and the broker was to have as commission all over that price, very much as in the case of Mendles v. Danish, 74 N. J. L. 333. The price fixed was $7,200, and plaintiff secured a purchaser at $7,700, who was plainly satisfactory to the .defendant because defendant contracted with him at that *6figure. After the contract was signed, the purchaser discovered he was financially unable to carry, out the contract, probably because…