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.
A broker employed to procure a loan does not earn his commission by merely securing a lender who offers to make the loan, but who, after acceptance by the borrower, refuses to consummate the transaction. Ashfield v. Case, 87 N. Y. S. 649, 93 App. Div. 452; Hanesley v. Bagley, 109 Ga. 346, 34 S. E. 584; Murry v. East End Imp. Co., 22 Ky. L. R. 147, 60 S. W. 648; Marmaduke v. Martin, 90 Mo. App. 629;
Crasto v. White, 5 N. Y. S. 718, 52 Hun, 473; Finch v. Merike, 67 N. Y. S. 954, 33 Misc. 769; Duckworth v. Rogers, 95 N. Y. S. 1089, 109 App. Div. 168; Jones v. Buck, 126 1ST. W. 153, 147 Iowa, 494, aff. judg. on re. 120 N. W. 112; Birnbaum v. Nuger, 135 N. Y. Sup. 1; Finck v. Carlson, 137 N. Y. Sup. 702. See Secs. 119, 193, 272, 449, 556.
 
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