Levander v. Johnson

Though the written contract between the parties purported to give, plaintiffs an exclusive agency for six months for the sale of defendant’s real estate, nevertheless there was not coupled with the agency any such interest as made the contract between them, prior to actual performance thereunder, irrevocable, because it is performance under such agency contract that gives rise to the right to compensation and not the mere signing of the contract.

*71Prior to performance, though actual negotiations with a purchaser might well be such performance, the owner may, when it is done in good faith and…