Merriman v. Thompson

Citations

• 48 Wash. 500
• 93 P. 1075
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 904

Syllabus

<p>Brokers — Liability to Principal — Oral Appointment — Sale by Agent — Evidence—Sufficiency. The evidence is sufficient to show that real estate brokers acted as agents for the owners in selling land for $2,500, and representing to the owners that they received only $2-,000, and the brokers are therefore liable to the owners for the balance retained by them, where it appears that the brokers had written authority to sell .for the owners for a limited time, that after expiration of such time, they were given oral authority to sell for $2,500, with five per cent commissions, and after negotiating a sale for said amount, wired an offer of $1,900 and represented that $2,000 was the best offer they could obtain, deed being made reciting such sum as consideration in reliance on the representations; and it is immaterial on the question of agency that the brokers had no written authority as required by statute to enable them to claim commissions.</p>