(16) Where a loan broker, holding an agreement with the owner of a building option to furnish the necessary money, procures a portion of the money from a trust company, which insured the completion of the building and the mortgages thereon, and the broker agrees that the trust company shall retain the current interest on the mortgages only; held, not entitled to defeat the trust company's right to retain the interest. Whelan v. Land Title & Trust Co., 60 Pa. Super. Ct. 9.

(17) Where land was listed with a real estate broker to be sold at $19 per acre, there being no agreement as to his commission, and after various negotiations the owner agreed to accept a lesser price and to pay the broker a stated commission, a contract of sale at a greater price per acre, the method of payment being the same, was a sufficient compliance with the agreement to entitle the broker to his stipulated commission, but no more. Luce v. Ash, 132 N. W. 708, 28 S. D. 109.

(18) A contract by which a county listed land with a broker, to be sold at $4 per acre net, to the county, does not necessarily mean that the broker is to receive all the excess above $4 per acre, nor that his commission is to come out of the proceeds of the sale, but to sustain the validity of the contract will be construed as meaning that the broker is to obtain a purchaser at the best price obtainable, and to receive thereafter a reasonable compensation, the price in any event to be not less than $4 per acre to the county, and that the reasonable compensation is to be paid by the county in some lawful manner; that is, out of current or general funds. Sandifer v. Foard County, 134 S. W. 823, judg. aff., 151 S. W. 523, 105 Tex. 420.

(19) In a action by a broker employed to procure an exchange of land for a stock of merchandise, or all that the owner of the merchandise received in exchange therefor, a tract of land which was worth a specified sum. The owner of the merchandise testified that he had to have money for an assumed indebtedness on the land obtained in exchange. Held, that as the broker's commission was based upon a commission on the amount realized by the trade, the value of the land, after deducting the money paid therefor and the indebtedness assumed thereon, must be deducted as the basis for a computation. Davidson v. Willis, 96 S. W. 634,

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(20) Where a contract employing plaintiffs to sell defendant's property provided that it must be sold at a price to net the owners not less than $125 per acre, and that a commission must be added to pay that amount, the contract did not authorize the brokers to retain as their commissions all of the price above $125 per acre obtained, but only entitled them to a reasonable compensation. Allen v. J. A. Clopton Realty Co., 135 S. W. 242, - Tex. Civ. App. - .

(21) Where an owner employed a broker to assist him in effecting an exchange of his land, and promises him a commission of a certain per cent., and no express contract is made as to which contract was to be the basis for fixing the commission, the value of the tract taken in exchange is the basis. Leake v. Scaief, 140 S. W. 814, - Tex. Civ. App. - .

(22) Where an owner of land agreed to pay a broker a fixed percentage for procuring a purchaser, his act in selling the land to a prospective purchaser at a lesser price will not entitle the broker to recover more than the price fixed by contract. Martin v. Jeffries, 153 S. W. 658, - Tex. Civ. App. - .

(23) A defendant employed to recover a sale of lands of plaintiff for one-half of each separate tract recovered, or one-half of the proceeds of any single tract sold, may not appropriate the whole of the proceeds of the tract sold, merely because his interest in other tracts not sold is as great as the proceeds. Thomason v. Rogers, 155 S. W. 1040, - Tex. Civ. App. - .

(24) Where a landowner and a broker made a supplemental contract to fix their rights, the broker can not recover on both contracts, but only on one. Gossett v. Vaughan, 173 S. W. 933,

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(25) Broker given option with right to sell; held, not entitled to recover the amount paid for the option, in addition to the commission on the sale, though at the purchase this was to have applied on the purchase price. Burt v. Stringfellow, 143 P. 234, 45 Utah, 207.

(26) Where a contract between the owner of land and a building company, by which the owner agreed to convey land to the company to enable it to secure a mortgage for building purposes, a sale of land to third persons did not provide for the payment of commissions upon selling the land, no commission could be recovered. H. E. Orr. Co. v. Interlaken Land Co., 133 P. 599, 74 Wash. 340.

(27) Brokers fraudulently took title to land in their own name; held, to have no right to a sum of money received, nor to commissions, nor to money paid to stock same by a sale of a portion of the property to a bona fide purchaser. Dean v. Roberts, 62 S. 44, 182 Ala. 221.

(28) Under agreement between brokers, one was to handle a matter which the other was instrumental in procuring, for half the commission, damages could not have been recovered for a refusal to make any attempt to negotiate a lease; held, not to defeat a recovery where a lease had been negotiated. Collins v. Snow, 106 N. E. 148, 218 Mass. 542.

(29) One who had no contract with the owner, and merely arranged to divide the commission with another broker, also authorized to sell, was not entitled to any commission from the owner. McCormick v. Obanion, 153 S. W. 267, 168 Mo. App. 606.

(30) Where broker, employed by owner, arranged with other brokers for share of commissions; held, that to entitle him to such share it was not necessary that the lease should be procured through his efforts. Kraus v. Cammann, 154 N. Y. Sup. 125.

(31) A real estate broker, for bringing purchaser to his principal, is entitled to his commission though, before the trade is completed, he becomes connected with a corporation, of which he notifies his principal, who thereafter accepted the corporation's services in the matter. Northern Immi. Society v. Alger, 147 N. W. 100, 27 N. D. 467.