Merritt v. Lillyblade

Citations

• 57 Wash. 159
• 106 P. 621
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 719

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and Tenant — Lease—Assignment. A contract to transfer a lease by a good title is provisional where the assignee knows that the lease contains a clause prohibiting assignment without consent of the landlord.</p> <p>Brokers — Commissions—Failure oe Title — Transfer of Lease. A broker is not entitled to a commission for effecting a sale of a leasehold where the contract of sale was provisional, being dependent upon securing the landlord’s consent to the assignment of the lease or the execution of a new lease on terms refused by the landlord, and the contract of sale required a good title.</p>