Gibson's Estate

Citations

• 161 Pa. 177
• 28 A. 1079
• 1894 Pa. LEXIS 660

Syllabus

<p>Principal and agent — Beal estate broker — Commissions.</p> <p>Where a real estate broker has commenced negotiations with a purchaser, the owner cannot, while such negotiations are pending, take it into his own hands and complete it, either at or below the price first limited, and then refuse to pay commissions.</p> <p>A real estate broker claimed, from the estate of decedent, commissions for the sale of real estate made for decedent during his lifetime. It was shown by the evidence that when the purchaser had his first interview with decedent about the real estate he told decedent that the property had been submitted to him by the broker, and stated the price which the broker said was asked by decedent. To this decedent made no demurrer or disclaimer of the broker’s authority to' act for him. The negotiation after that was conducted by the purchaser and decedent. Eelcl, that the evidence would support a finding that claimant was entitled to recover.</p>