Waterman v. Boltinghouse
Cases that cite this one
16 later published cases cite this decision.
- Swartz v. Park (Tex. App. 1913)
- Nicholson v. Alderson (Ill. App. Ct. 1952)
- E. A. Strout Western Realty Agency v. Gregoire (Cal. Ct. App. 1950)
- Hall v. King (Cal. Ct. App. 1929)
- Powers v. Security Savings & Trust Co. (Idaho 1923)
- Wright & Kimbrough v. Dewees (Cal. Ct. App. 1921)
- Merkeley v. Fisk (Cal. 1919)
- Snook v. Page (Cal. Ct. App. 1915)
- Hageman v. O'Brien (Cal. Ct. App. 1914)
- Wiggins v. Wilson (Fla. 1908)
- Logan v. McMullen (Cal. Ct. App. 1906)
- Brownell v. Hanson (Wash. 1920)
- Hallstead v. Perrigo (Neb. 1910)
- Roberts v. Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co. (S.D. 1896)
- Oullahan v. Baldwin (Cal. 1893)
- Toomy v. Dunphy (Cal. 1890)
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Opinion of the Court
This is an action by plaintiff to recover commissions for an alleged sale of land. He never produced a purchaser ready and willing to buy on the terms of his employer, the defendant. He cannot, therefore, recover. (Dolan v. Scanlan, 57 Cal. 261; Moses v. Bierling, 31 N. Y. 462; Sibbald v. Bethlehem Iron Co., 83 N. Y. 378; 22 Am. Rep. 441.)
Here the plaintiff had the exclusive right to sell for a term ending January 1, 1889, and the defendant, during this period, himself effected a sale. Though the plaintiff had the right to sell, to the exclusion of his employer, still he cannot recover his commissions unless he has produced a purchaser ready and willing to buy as above stated. This is expressly held, and correctly held, in Moses v. Bierling, supra, which is a case similar to this.
The plaintiff argues this case as if it was a suit to recover damages for defendant’s breach of contract. The complaint does not set forth any such action, but one to recover the compensation agreed to be paid on a sale.
There is no error.
Judgment affirmed.
McFarland, J., and Sharpstein, J., concurred.
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