J. A. Patterson Co. v. United Gas Improvement Co.

Citations

• 239 Pa. 277
• 86 A. 852
• 1913 Pa. LEXIS 552

Syllabus

<p>Beal property — Brokers—Commissions—Special contract.</p> <p>Where in an action to recover a sum stipulated in a contract it appeared that plaintiff corporation, which conducted business as a real estate broker, had agreed to make search for premises suitable for defendant’s business and to secure the same upon terms which would be satisfactory to defendant, for which services defendant agreed to pay the sum sued for, it was held that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover where the evidence did not show a fulfilment of the contract in all its particulars by the plaintiff. It was not sufficient for plaintiff to have conducted negotiations for a particular property, which defendant afterwards acquired through another broker, plaintiff’s efforts in the meantime having been discontinued.</p>