Brown v. Brew

Citations

• 99 Wash. 560
• 169 P. 992
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 669

Syllabus

<p>Contracts—Consideration—Sufficiency — Benefit to Promisor. Where it was to plaintiff’s advantage to cancel a contract for the sale of timber lands because he was unable to perfect title, the cancellation is not sufficient consideration for an agreement by defendant to the effect that, if the defendant ever purchased certain timber, he would do so through plaintiff and pay him a commission.</p> <p>Same—Consideration—Mutual Promises. An agreement with a broker to purchase certain timber lands, if at all, through the broker and pay him a commission, if he is then engaged in the brokerage business, in consideration of an agreement by the broker to secure the timber at the lowest price possible and protect the buyer’s interests, is lacking in mutuality and not supported by a sufficient consideration; the mutual promises being insufficient, since the broker did not obligate himself to sell to the other party, or act as his agent, or refrain from selling to some one else.</p>