Gilmer v. Carnes

Feltón, J.

An owner who has placed his property in the hands of a broker for sale cannot defeat the obligation to pay a commission to such broker by selling the property through another broker, knowing that the purchaser was procured by the first broker and that negotiations between the two were still pending. Gresham v. Lee, 152 Ga. 829 (111 S. E. 404); Doonan v. Ives & Krouse, 73 Ga. 295. In a suit for the recovery of such commission the first broker need not allege that he had a purchaser who was ready, willing and able to buy the property, as the property was actually sold to that…