Harten v. Loffler
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by tbe defendant from a judgment, on verdict, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in an action by real-estate brokers to recover their commissions on a sale of land.
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Hearing on an appeal by tbe defendant from a judgment, on verdict, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in an action by real-estate brokers to recover their commissions on a sale of land. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: The appellees, Andrew D. Loffler and Thomas E. Jarrell, as plaintiffs below, brought this action against the appellant, Hugh Harten, to recover the sum of $300 for services rendered in obtaining a purchaser for certain real estate in the District of Columbia. The allegations were that defendant was the owner, on April 1, 1905, of certain land…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
The only question material to the determination of this case arises on the error assigned on the exception taken to the refusal of the court to direct a verdict for the defendant.
The law is quite liberal in its recognition of the right of a real-estate agent or broker to recover reasonable compensation from the owner of property, who, desiring to sell the same, contracts for, or accepts his services in finding a purchaser ready and able to pay the price. On the other hand, it is a thoroughly well-established principle that, out of consideration for human weaknesses, the law will not permit…
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