Cox v. Chalfant

Citations

• 105 Kan. 127
• 181 P. 548
• 1919 Kan. LEXIS 34

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Real-estate Agent — No Authority to Make Contract of Sale of Land to a Purchaser. In answer to an inquiry, the owner of a tract of land wrote a real-estate agent: “I will sell the N. E. 14 . . . for $2,800 net to me. This for immediate acceptance.” And signed his name. Held, not to constitute authority for such agent to bind the owner by a written contract to sell to a third party.</p>