Kolb v. J. E. Bennett Land Co.

Citations

• 74 Miss. 567

Syllabus

<p>1. Agency. Unilateral agreement. Nuclwn pactum.</p> <p>An agreement appointing an agent to sell land, tlie terms of which seek to bind only one of the parties thereto, is unilateral, and, until performance under it, without consideration. One may, at pleasure, ignore a nude promise.</p> <p>3. Same. Land broker. Commissions.</p> <p>Such an agreement, where the owner himself sells the land before the agent finds a purchaser, cannot be made the basis of a suit by the agent for the commissions promised by its terms.</p>