several brokers.

Where several brokers are openly employed to sell real property, the entire duty of the seller is performed by remaining neutral between them and he has a right to make the sale to a buyer produced by any of them without being called upon to decide between these several brokers as to which of them was the procuring cause of the purchase. Vreeland v. Vatter-lein, 33 N. J. L. 247, criticizing Eggleston v. Austin, 27 Kan. 245; Scott v. Lloyd, 19 Colo. 401, 35 P. 733; Witherbee v. Walker, 42 Colo. 1, 93 P. 1118; Dreyer v. Ranch, 42 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 22, 3 Daly, 434; Martin v. Billings, 2 City Ct. R. (N. Y.) 86; Jennings v. Trummer, 96 P. 874, 52 Oregon, 149; Frinck v. Gilbert (Wash. Sup. '09), 101 P. 1088. Compare Secs. 291, 446.

Where the owner lists property with several brokers for sale, he occupies a neutral position, being only int3rested in the result, and can sell and pay the commission to the first broker who presents a customer who is ready and willing to purchase. Frink v. Gilbert (Wash. Sup. '09), 101 P. 1088.