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 buy or sell property is not entitled to compensation where he fails to act in good faith and disclose to his principal the best terms upon which the transaction can be consummated. Henderson v. Vincent, 84 Ala. 99, 4 S. 180; Morey v. Laird, 108 Iowa, 670, 77 N. W. 835; Carpenter v. Fisher, 175 Mass. 9, 55 N. E. 479; Martin v. Bliss, 10 N Y. S. 886, 57 Hun, 157; Ballinger v. Wilson (N. J. Ch. '02), 53 A. 488. See also Sec. 412a.
 
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