Berlin v. Farwell

Citations

• 3 Cal. Unrep. 634
• 31 P. 527
• 1892 Cal. LEXIS 1034

Syllabus

<p>Brokers—Compensation—Acting for Both Parties.—Where the evidence shows that plaintiff in an action to recover commissions earned under a contract to find a purchaser for defendant’s land was employed by the purchaser without defendant’s knowledge to buy the land from defendant at a figure which would suit the purchaser’s views, a finding that he was the purchaser’s agent was proper, though he' had no written agreement with the purchaser for compensation, but was to get his compensation from defendant; and, being the agent of both parties without defendant’s knowledge, he cannot recover.1</p>