Burchfield v. Griffith

Citations

• 10 Pa. Super. 618
• 1899 Pa. Super. LEXIS 331

Syllabus

<p>Beal estate broker — Commissions—Procuring cause — Question for jury.</p> <p>A real estate broker becomes entitled to a commission whenever he procures for his principal a party with whom he is satisfied and who actually contracts for the purchase of the property at a price acceptable to the owner, but he must also prove that his agency was the procuring cause of the sale.</p> <p>An offer of $8,000 cash and certain shares of stock was submitted by the plaintiff which was refused by the owner, who afterwards accepted through another party from the same purchaser an offer netting him $14,000 cash. Held that the case was for the jury, under proper instructions, as to whether plaintiffs’ agency was the procuring cause of the sale.</p>