Elmendorf v. Steel

Citations

• 70 Wash. 38
• 126 P. 52
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 994

Syllabus

<p>Brokers — Contract for Commission — Performance—Evidence— Sufficiency. A broker failed to earn bis commissions by securing a purchaser ready to buy on the terms authorized, which required a payment of $4,000 in cash, and the balance of $8,000 in three years, where it appears that there was an existing mortgage for $4,000, the vendor refused to take a second mortgage for the balance, or merely give a contract, and the purchaser was only willing to pay $4,000 in cash, assume the existing mortgage and give a second mortgage for the balance; and the fact that the parties tried to negotiate for additional security is immaterial if not acted upon.</p>