Kurt v. Moscript

Citations

• 101 Kan. 540
• 167 P. 1065
• 1917 Kan. LEXIS 140

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Agency- — Agent Withholding Information from Principal — Agent Contracting to Purchase — Specific Performance Denied. Where a real-estate agent who is employed to find a buyer fails to communicate to his principal an offer he has received, and as a consequence the latter names a lower price, at which the agent agrees to take it himself, specific performance of the resulting contract will not be granted at’ the instance of the agent, because he can not, even after his agency has ceased, take advantage of an offer brought about by his previous concealment of information which it was his duty to impart.</p>