Evans v. Rockett

Citations

• 32 Pa. Super. 365
• 1907 Pa. Super. LEXIS 14

Syllabus

<p>~rsPrindpal and agent — Sale of real estate — Commissions—Serving two masters.</p> <p>It is a rule of public policy that an agent for the sale of property cannot at the same time act as the agent for the purchaser thereof, and thus become entitled to compensation from both vendor and purchaser. This rule may be waived by an express agreement between the parties, but such agreement cannot be inferred either from knowledge of the fact that the rule had been violated, or from silence or failure to dissent at the time, or from all these combined. Nothing short of clear and satisfactory proof of an express agreement to waive the rule can be regarded as sufficient for that purpose.</p>