Stone v. Coffman’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““The law applicable here is stated in 8 American Jurisprudence as follows: “ ‘To entitle a broker to the compensation called for by his contract of employment, he must produce a person who is ready, able and willing both to accept and live up to the terms offered by his principal. * * *’ Sec. 174, p. 1090. “* * The proposed purchaser must have legal capacity to purchase in addition to having sufficient financial ability not only to make the initial payment required to meet the terms of the seller, but also to complete the contract of purchase according to its terms, that is, to meet any deferred payments. To be able to pay does not simply mean that the purchaser have property upon which he could raise the amount of money necessary. A proposed purchaser is not able, when he is depending upon third parties who are in no way bound to furnish the funds, to make the purchase.’ Sec. 175, p. 1091. See also, 1 A. L. R. 530; 167 A. L. R. 607; 12 C. J. S., Brokers, § 85, p. 187; Cheatham v. Yarbrough, 90 Term. 77, 15 S. W. 1076 ; Woodall v. Foster, 91 Term. 195, 18 S. W. 241 ; Miller v. Bacon, 12 Tenn. App. 123 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tooley v. Cook