Helling v. Darby

Citations

• 71 Kan. 107
• 79 P. 1073
• 1905 Kan. LEXIS 99

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Agency — Real Estate — Commission. An owner of 160 acres of land was solicited by a firm of real-estate agents to place it in their hands for sale. He wrote to them as follows: “I received yonr letter to-day. I must have $1600 (sixteen hundred dollars) in cash. You can have all you get over and above that, and I reserve the crop.” The brokers found a purchaser for the land, but did not notify the owner until after he had sold it to another person. Held, that the real-estate agents were not entitled to a commission for making the sale.</p>