Smith v. Orr Co.

Citations

• 84 Wash. 561
• 147 P. 1
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 1238

Syllabus

<p>Brokers — Liabilities — Return oe Money. Where an option holder on a tract of land arranged with a broker for its sale in parcels in case he should secure title or make satisfactory arrangements with the owner, and delivered to the broker sale contracts executed in blank with the understanding that they were merely tentative, and the broker made sale of a tract without his principal having secured title, the broker is liable upon his promise to the would-be purchaser for a refund of the money paid, since his act in making sale beyond his authority was sufficient consideration for the promise.</p>