C. C. Jones Investment Co. v. Lowrey

Citations

• 99 Kan. 87
• 160 P. 999

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.'</p> <p>Brokers — Offer and Acceptance of Employment — Letters—Commissions. A letter from a brokerage company to a banker, saying that it would be glad to give its best efforts to assist him in making a sale of his stock, and a reply stating that if satisfactory to other holders he might sell at a price named, are to be interpreted as ah offer by the company of its services, in the expectation of receiving compensation therefor if successful, and as a qualified acceptance by the banker amounting to an invitation to the company to produce a customer with the understanding that it was to receive a commission if a sale should be brought about by its efforts.</p>