This section is from the book "American Law Of Real Estate Agency", by William Slee Walker. Also available from Amazon: American law of real estate agency.
In an action for commissions for selling land, the court found that plaintiff sold a lot and was paid his commissions; that the other lots were sold by defendants to B. who sold them to R. and that R. paid plaintiff a commission therefor; that at R.'s request, as a matter of convenience, for certain reasons, B. conveyed the lots back to defendant, who then conveyed them to
R., but defendant in nowise made itself responsible to plaintiff for any commissions on the sale. Held, that under the finding plaintiff was not entitled to recover. Fortran v. South End Land Co. (Tex. Civ. App. '07), 105 S. W. 323; Sankey v. Cramer, 131 P. 288, 24 Colo. App. 16; Baldino v. Henneberry, 191 I11. App. 368; McKinney v. Thedford, 166 S. W. 443, - Tex. Civ. App. -; Tulane Educa. Funds, etc. v. Baccich & Be Montlugin, 56 S. 371, 129 La. 469; Friends v. Mahin, 202 I11. App. 140; 'Pearson v. Wheeler, 180 P. 345, - Cal. App. -; Hollingsworth v. Norris, 81 S. 782, - Fla. Sup. -; Smith v. Robinson, 214 S. W. 771, - Ky. Ct. App. -; Campbell v. Vanetti, 181 P. 963, - Nev. Sup. -; Levine v. Gray, 176 N. Y. Sup. 77; Both v. Thomson, 180 P. 656, - Cal. App. - .
 
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