McMahan v. Burns

Citations

• 216 Pa. 448
• 65 A. 806
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 839

Syllabus

<p>Principal and agent — Sale of land — Interest in land — Revocable agency— Consideration — Commissions—Time limit.</p> <p>The mere fact that an agent for the sale of land is given an unusually large commission on the sales amounting to more than one-half of the purchase money, does not of itself give the agent such an interest as to make the agency irrevocable.</p> <p>A provision in an agreement of agency that it shall not be revoked for five years, cannot be sustained where there is no consideration for it independent of the compensation to be rendered for the service to be performed.</p>