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.
An owner of land was solicited by plaintiffs to place it in their hands for sale, and wrote that he must have a certain fixed price for the land, and that plaintiffs could have all they could get over and above that; plaintiffs found a purchaser, but did not notify the owner until he had sold to another person. Held, that the plaintiffs were not entitled to a commission. Helling v. Darby, 71 Kan. 107, 79 P. 1073; Hodge v. Appellees, 107 N. Y. S. 170, 122 App. Div. 437; Ettinghoff v. Harovitz, 100 N. Y. S. 1002, 115 App. Div. 571. See also Sec. 15. English v. Wm. George Realty Co. (Tex. Civ. App. '09), 117 S. W. 996; Reeves v. Ness, 135 N. W. 595, - Iowa, -; Hease v. Ullman, 131 N. Y. Sup. 1050, 148 App. Div. 40; Barrow v. Newton, 55 Pa. Super. Ct. 387; Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. v. Gamble, 201 F. 329, 119 C. C. A. 507; Ferguson v. Willard, 196 F. 370, 116 C. C. A. 406; Dreyfus v. Richardson, 130 P. 161, 20 Cal. App. 800; Tebo v. Weld, 92 A. 876, 5 Boyce, 255 (Del. Super.); Hill v. Horsley, 82 S. E. 225, 142 Ga. 12; Humphreys & Jackson v. Smith, 63 S. E. 248, 5 Ga. App. 340; Moore v. May, 73 S. E. 29, 10 Ga. App. 198; Stallworth v. Martin Osborn Realty Co., 87 S. E. 1094, 17 Ga. App. 689; Doggett v. Greene, 98 N. E. 219, 254 I11. 134, Ann. Cas. 1913 B, 1166, rev. judg. 163 I11. App. 369; Donnewitz v. Miller, 179 I11. App. 185; Barney v. Yazoo Delta Land Co., 101 N. E. 96, 179 Ind. 337; McPike v. Siver, 150 N.
W. 52, 168 Iowa, 149; Crawford v. Cicotte, 152 N. W. 1065, 186 Mich. 269; Hurtthal v. Dalberg, 153 S. W. 1066, 168 Mo. App. 538; Lanx v. Hoyl, 123 P. 949, 45 Mont. 445; Shober v. Blackford, 127 P. 320, 46 Mont. 194; Parkhurt v. Tryon, 119 N. Y. Sup. 184, 134 App. Div. 843; Wallace v. Atkinson, 152 P. 1094, - Okl. Sup. -; Head-Berry Co. v. Bannister, 153 P. 669; Griffith v. Cowan, 57 Pa. Super. Ct. 625; Granger R. E. Exc. v. Anderson, 145 S. W. 262, - Tex. Civ. App. -; Hammond v. Mau, 124 P. 377, 69 Wash. 204, 40 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1142; Lord v. Wapato Inv. Co., 142. P 1172, 81 Wash. 561, judg. aff. on re. 152 P. 329, 84 Wash. 696; Long v. Flory & Garber, 72 S. E. 723, 112 Va. 721; Westerman v. Peer Inv. Co., 195 S. W. 78, - Mo. App. -; Irwin v. Moore, 212 S. W. 710, - Tex. Civ. App. -; Case v. Ralph, 188 P. 640, - Utah Sup. -; Ludeman v. English, 189 P. 531, - Okl. Sup. -; Cook v. Salisbury, 225 S. W. 112, - Mo. App. - . See also Sec. 454.
 
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