Brown v. Pforr

Citations

• 38 Cal. 550

Syllabus

<p>Revocation. —An agency to sell land is revocable at any time before sale, unless coupled with an interest, or given for a valuable consideration.</p> <p>Contract—Construction. —P. employed B. & R., who wore brokers, to find a purchaser of certain lands, and promised if they would find, within a month from that date, a purchaser able and willing to buy, at a certain figure, he would pay. them a certain sum. B, & R. found a purchaser within the month, but before they found him, P. had revoked their agency. In an action by B. & B. against P. for their commissions, Seld, that they could not recover.</p>