Raleigh Real Estate & Trust Co. v. Adams
Supreme Court of North Carolina
^ Civil aotioN, tried before Jones, J., and a.jury, at April Term, 1907, of tbe Superior Court of Wake County. This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover the sum of $250, alleged to be due by the defendants, as commissions for the sale of two lots in the city of Ealeigh.
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^ Civil aotioN, tried before Jones, J., and a.jury, at April Term, 1907, of tbe Superior Court of Wake County. This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover the sum of $250, alleged to be due by the defendants, as commissions for the sale of two lots in the city of Ealeigh. The plaintiff’s version of the facts was, that the property was placed with it for sale by the defendants at five per cent, commissions for services rendered in making the sale; that it sold the lots to Mr. Corpening and Mr. Tennille for $5,000, the price named by the defendants as vendors. Mr. Ellington, who…
1Opinion of the Court
WalKbe, J.,
after stating the case: The defendants, having specified no definite time for the duration of the plaintiff's employment as their broker when they appointed and authorized it to sell the lots, had the right to terminate it at will, before any contract was effected with a purchaser, subject, however, only to the ordinary requirement of good faith. Abbott v. Hunt, 129 N. C., 403; Sibbald v. Iron Co., 83 N. Y., 378; Coffin v. Landis, 46 Pa. St., 426; Young v. Trainor, 158 Ill., 428; Bailey v. Smith, 103 Ala., 641; Hartley’s Appeal; 53 Pa. St., 212; Hunt v. Rousmanier, 8 Wheaton, 174;…
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