Horn v. Bennett

The plaintiff, a real estate broker, was engaged by the defendants, Fred H. Bennett and Harry W. Bennett, concededly the president and secretary-treasurer respectively of a corporation, to sell the business and assets of that corporation at a fixed price. He produced a purchaser ready, able and willing to purchase on the terms fixed. Later the sale failed for the reason that the sellers insisted upon pew and additional terms. The plaintiff sued the corporation for a sum agreed upon as commissions, but his complaint was dismissed on the motion of the defendant on the ground that the officers…