Keebler v. Devine

<p>Abstract of the Decision.</p> <p>1. Brokers, § 98*—when evidence sufficient to show acting for both parties. In an action against the lessor to recover commissions for negotiating the lease, evidence examined and held to show that plaintiff was acting as agent of the lessee in the transaction.</p> <p>2. Brokers, § 62*—when commissions not recoverable where broker acts for both parties. A broker who attempts to act for both parties without disclosing the fact to his principals is precluded from recovering commissions for his services.</p> <p>3. Brokers, § 62*—when commissions not recoverable where broker acts for both parties. In an action against the lessor of property to recover commissions for negotiating the lease, where the evidence shows that plaintiff permitted his son and employee to receive from the lessee the expenses of a trip to the home of the lessor in another State to negotiate the lease, plaintiff cannot recover.</p> <p>4. Brokers, § 90*—when evidence insufficient to shoio procuring cause of lease. In an action by a real estate broker against a lessor to recover commissions, evidence examined and held to support a finding that plaintiff was not the procuring cause of the lease.</p>