Glen Falls Indemnity Co. v. Bradfute

ALLREAD, PJ.

The real estate act did not expressly include the earnest or binder money, but we think it is included by force of the general terms therein employed. §6373-25, GC, defining real estate brokers, provides: “ ‘Real estate broker’ means a person, firm or corporation who, for a commission, compensation or valuable consideration, sells, or offers for sale, buys, or offers to buy, negotiates the purchase or sale or exchange of real estate, or leases, or offers to lease, rents, or offers for rent, any real estate, interest therein or improvement thereon, for others.”

Sec 6373-42, GC,…