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 a broker's commissions were not to be paid for until and unless title passed and the purchaser failed to complete his purchase, no right to commissions accrued. Fittichauer v. Van Wyck, 92 N, Y. S. 241; Cooper v. O'Neill, 103 N. Y. S. 122, 53 Misc. 319; Bruce v. Drake, 70 S. 273, 195 Ala. 236; Cine v. Kell, 124 P. 548, 18 Cal. App. 675; John Reis Co. v. Zimmerli, 156 1ST. Y. Sup. 327, 170 App. Div. 502; Costa v. Schetz, 175 ST. Y. Sup. 476. See also Secs. 449, 458.
 
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