Howley v. Maddocks

Citations

• 25 Wash. 297
• 65 P. 544
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 392

Syllabus

<p>BROKERS-ACTION FOR COMMISSIONS ON SALE OF REAL ESTATE-EVIDENCE-SUBSEQUENT IMPROVEMENTS.</p> <p>In an action to recover a commission agreed upon between plaintiff and defendant for tbe sale of tbe latter’s farm, wbicb defendant refused to sell upon tbe production of a purchaser ready and willing to pay tbe price, evidence that defendant bad improved tbe farm and altered its condition is inadmissible for tbe purpose of showing that any price previously fixed thereon was thereby necessarily changed, when tbe plaintiff had no knowledge of tbe altered conditions.</p>