Frink v. Gilbert

Citations

• 53 Wash. 392
• 101 P. 1088
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1333

Syllabus

<p>Brokers — Commissions—Several Brokers- — Eeeicient Cause op Sale. Brokers are not entitled to commissions on a sale to a customer originally found hy them, but who was unable to meet the terms, where, after negotiations had ceased and the matter was abandoned, another agent, with whom the property had also been listed, took up the matter independently and induced the customer to make the purchase, being enabled to do so by the help of friends who came to his assistance; since, of several brokers, the one whose effort was the efficient cause of the sale is entitled to recover the commissions.</p>