Freeman v. Diboll

Citations

• 11 Teiss. 199
• 1914 La. App. LEXIS 44

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. Where the contract of a real estate broker stipulates unconditionally that he shall be entitled to a commission “when the property is sold” and the owner is prohibited by its terms from interfering in the matter and from selling or negotiating for the sale of the property, except through the broker, the contract confers an exclusive agency upon the broker.</p> <p>2. Where the contract of a real estate broker confers upon him the exclusive agency to sell the property and negatives the right of the owner to sell or negotiate for its sale, the broker is entitled to his commission if, during the term of the contract, a sale is effected by the owner or by another broker >on the latter’s hehalf.</p>