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.
Where defendant, through an offer by plaintiff, after examination of a parcel of land, executed a contract with its owner to exchange his realty for such parcel, but afterwards refused to execute a deed, plaintiff is entitled to his agreed commissions, in the absence of evidence that it was dependent upon the execution of the executory contract. Brown v. Grossman, 65 N. Y. S. 1126, 53 App. Div. 640; Stanley v. Whitlow, 168 S. W. 840, 181 Mo. App. 461; Slocum v. Ostrander, 126 N. Y. Sup. 219, 141 App. Div. 380, judg. aff. 98 N. E. 1115, 205 N. Y. 617; Allgood v. Fahrney, 146 N. W. 42, 164 Iowa, 540; Wheeler v. Waymire,
164 P. 186, 100 Kan. 383; Neuer v. Joffe, 165 N. Y. Sup. 113, 179 App. Div. 37; Britton v. Eagan, 196 S. W. 972, - Tex. Civ. App. -; Hill v. Huber, 202 S. W. 785, - Tex. Civ. App. -; McCartney v. Shares, 188 P. 663, - Okl. Sup. - . See Sees. 150, 188.
 
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