Corse v. Kelly

Citations

• 80 Kan. 115
• 101 P. 1016
• 1909 Kan. LEXIS 28

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Agency — Commission—Sale of Real Estate. Where a prospective purchaser of real estate, who has been solicited to-buy it by a broker having a non-exclusive agency for its sale, definitely decides not to do so, the owner is not liable for a commission, although shortly afterward, acting in good faith, he sells it to the same person through independent negotiations set on foot by one who is not a real-estate agent and who neither receives nor asks compensation for his services, having an indirect interest in the sale being effected.</p>