This section is from the book "American Law Of Real Estate Agency", by William Slee Walker. Also available from Amazon: American law of real estate agency.
A broker was employed to procure a purchaser of a farm for an agreed commission; he found a purchaser who purchased the farm and paid for it in the stock of an insurance company; the owner agreed to transfer to the broker shares of such stock, but failed to do so.
Held, that the broker was entitled to recover the agreed commission. Rider v. Pell, 51 N. Y. 669. See also Sec. 377. Compare Sec. 480.
 
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