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 is not entitled to compensation until he has performed his undertaking. Ivy Coal Co. v. Long, 139 Ala. 535, 36 So. 722; Manby v. Turner, 13 Colo. App. 358, 57 P. 862; Cos-ton v. Quimby, 178 Mass. 153, 59 N. E. 653, 52 L. R. A. 785; West v. Stoeckel, 6 Ohio Dec. (Rep.) 1082, 10 Am. L. E. 309; Ball v. Dolan (S. D. Sup. '08), 114 N. W. 998; Wiggins v. Wilson, 55 Fla. 346, 45 S. 1011; Spilo v. Baumann-McWhirter Chemical Co., 157 N, Y. Sup. 521; Schano v. Storch, 137 N. Y. Sup. 26, 56 Misc. Rep. 484; Bledsoe v. Lombard, 194 S. W. 518, - Mo. App. -; Thompson v. Ryan, 174 N. W. 15, mod. on re., 176 N. W. 275, - Iowa Sup. -; Dunning v. Powell, 104 S. E. 73, - N. C. Sup. - .
If an entirety broker must show full performance, as a condition precedent. Mechem on Ag. Sec. 635.
 
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