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 is entitled to a commission where the customer found by him and the principal enter into an enforceable contract of purchase or sale, although one or both of the parties refuse to comply with the contract, and the failure is not attributable to the fault of the broker. Jenkins v. Hoilingsworth, 83 I11. App. 139; Flynn v. Jordal, 124 Iowa, 457, 100 N. W. 326; Bach v. Emrich, 35 N. Y. Super. Ct. 548; Folinsbee v. Sawyer, 36 N. Y. S. 405, 15 Misc. 293; Brown v. Helmuth, 21 N. Y. S. 615, 2 Misc. 566; Donohue v. Flanagan, 9 N. Y. S. 273, 28 N. Y. S. 757; Larson v. Burroughs, 116 N. Y. S. 358; Feist v. Jerolamon, 75 A. 751, 81 N. J. Law, 437; Stocking v. Ruth, 141 S. W. 570, - Tex. Civ. App. -; Ketcham v. Axelman, 142 N. W. 62, 160 Iowa, 456; Womack v. Douglas, 163 S. W. 1130, 157 Ky. 716; Reasoner v. Yates, 134 N. W. 651, 90 Neb. 757; Clark v. Battaglia, 47 Pa. Super. Ct. 290; Irons v. Snyder, 49 Pa. Super. Ct. 522; Hamburger & Dreyling v. Thomas, 126 S. W. 560, 103 Tex. 280; Fleming v. Eattan, 142 P. 971, 92 Kan. 948; Levy v. Dunken Realty Co., 179 S. W. 679, den. re. 178 S. W. 984, - Tex. Civ. App. -; Herrick v. Woodam, 127 S. W. 391, 143 Mo. App. 258; Herrick v. Maness, 127 S. W. 394, 142 Mo. App. 399; Bell v. Stedman, 130 H, W. 257, 88 Neb. 625; Koliha v. Jonas, 154 N. W. 556, 98 Neb. 790; Greenblatt v. Fox, 59 Pa. Super. Ct. 53; Wilson v. Buck, 162 S. W. 1018, - Tex. Civ. App. -; Stanton v. Carnahan, 115 P. 339, 15 Cal. App. 527; Valerius v. Luhring, 127 N. W. 112, 87 Neb. 425; Kinnon v. Poe-rachke, 133 N. Y. Sup. 528; Bledsoe v. Lombard, 194 S. W. 518, - Mo. App. -; Fuday v. Gill, 161 N. W. 900, - Mich. Sup. -; Stewart v. Bowles, 185 P. 868, - Cal. App. -; Robertson v. Koeltitzky, 217 S. W. 543, - Mo. App. -; Casey v. Hart, Wallace & Co., 222 S. W. I11, - Ky. Ct. App. -; Stablein v. Ge-meinde, 177 N. W. 810, - S. D. Sup. -; Morgan v. W. A. Howard Realty Co., 191 P. 114, - Colo. Sup. -; Underwood v. Dus-kin & Stewart Realty Co., 85 S. 845, - Ala. App. -; Cooper v. Newsom, 224 S. W. 568, - Tex. Civ. App. -; Chandler v. Gaines-Ferguson Realty Co., 224 S.W. 484, - Ark. Sup. -; Garner v. Davis, 225 S. W. 567, - Tex. Civ. App. - .
 
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