Eldorado Coal Co. v. Rust Shelburne
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; John H. Miller, Judge. Action by Rust & Shelburne against the Eldorado Coal Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiif, defendant appealed. Transferred from Court of Appeals under section 6, Acts 1911, p. 449.
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, C. J.
[1-4] A broker is entitled to his commission, when he produces to his principal a customer, ready, willing, and able to buy on the terms provided by such principal, within the period allowed, or if the time is not limited before the revocation of the agency. Handley v. Schaffer, 177 Ala. 654, 59 South. 286; Sharpley v. Moody, 152 Ala. 549, 44 South. 650; Smith v. Sharpe, 162 Ala. 433, 50 South. 381, 136 Am. St. Rep. 52; Richardson v. Olanthe Mill. Co., 167 Ala. 411, 52 South. 659, 140 Am. St. Rep. 45; 9 Corpus Juris, 595, 596. If the broker is to procure a purchaser on specified terms, and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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