Painter v. Lamb

Citations

• 65 Pa. Super. 13
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 7

Syllabus

<p>Broker — B,eal estate hr oleen — Commissions—Division of commissions — Serving two masters.</p> <p>In an action against a real estate broker to recover one-half of the commissions on a sale of land based on an alleged promise made by the defendant to the plaintiff to share the eommissiohs for assistance in procuring a purchaser, the plaintiff is not barred from recovering such share of the commissions, because he assisted the purchaser in reselling, at the same time, a portion of a tract purchased, and received a compensation therefor; and if the evidence is conflicting as to whether the promise was actually made, and as to whether the resale of the land was not involved as a part of the transaction of the sale, the case is for the jury, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff will be sustained.</p>