Sowney v. Bair

Citations

• 269 Pa. 448
• 112 A. 530
• 1921 Pa. LEXIS 584

Syllabus

<p>Principal and agent — Commissions for sale of real estate — Continuity of negotiations — Case for jury.</p> <p>1. The agent for the sale of real estate is entitled to his commissions if the sale is consummated, through his efforts, without a break in the negotiations.</p> <p>2. If the agent has produced a purchaser, who is able and willing to buy on the price and terms fixed by the owner, it is not material that the negotiations are concluded directly with the owner.</p> <p>3. If the agent produces evidence that he procured a purchaser and that the sale was consummated without a break in the negotiations, and the principal, on the other hand, offers proof tending to show that the negotiations with the purchaser were ended on the same day that he was produced, but subsequently taken up as a new proposition, not connected with the agent, the case is for the jury on the conflicting evidence.</p>