Griffith v. Cowan

Citations

• 57 Pa. Super. 625
• 1914 Pa. Super. LEXIS 247

Syllabus

<p>Principal and agent — Beal estate brokers — Commissions—Employment — Evidence.</p> <p>1. In an action by a real estate broker to collect his commissions, the plaintiff is entitled to have his case go to the jury, where, although it appears that he did not introduce the purchaser to the owner, there is evidence that, at an interview between the owner and the wife of the purchaser, which the broker had brought about, and at which all three were present, the wife was acting for her husband as well as herself, and that after the owner had stated to her the prices for which he would sell two properties singly or together, the wife had said that she would consult her husband, and let the parties know.</p> <p>2. In such an action the broker cannot recover where he had never communicated directly with the purchaser, or had in any way contributed to bringing the purchaser and owner together, although a person introduced by the broker to the owner may have told the purchaser independently of the broker that the property was for sale.</p>