A broker is entitled to a commission for procuring a loan at the request of his principal, though the latter refuses to take it when procured. Squires v. King, 15 Colo. 416, 417; Collier v. Wayman, 114 Ga. 944, 41 S. E. 50; Vinton v. Baldwin, 88 Ind. 104; Hackman v. Outweiler, 66 Mo. App. 244; . Lord v. Moran, 64 N. Y. S. 37, 31 Misc. 750; Perry v. Bates, 100 N. Y. S. 881, 115 App. Div. 337; Hughes v. Chung Sun Tung Co., 154 P. 299, 28 Cal. App. 371, re. in Sup. Ct. den. 154 P. 301, 28 Cal. App. 371; Silberberg v. Chipman, 93 P. 1130, 42 Colo. 20, 15 L. E. 15, L. R. A. (N. S.) 187; Van Orden v. Simpson, 153 N. Y. Sup. 134, 90 Misc. Rep. 322. Compare Sec. 242a.

Where an owner applied to a broker for a loan and agreed to pay a specified sum to cover the expenses, and thereafter he refused to take the loan and notified the broker to discontinue all negotiations, the broker could recover his commission and the expenses incurred up to the time of the notification. Du Bois v. Mullins, 140 N. Y. Supp. 1.