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 person wishing to borrow money on property applied to another who agreed to find a lender and to have the title examined, and to charge a certain sum, which would include the expense of examining the title and his commission, such person to give the agent his title deeds at the time; a defect being found in the title the lender refused to loan the money, and the agent sued for the amount of the stipulated compensation. Held, that such agent should have first examined the title before applying for a loan; he was the agent for that purpose as well as for procuring a loan, and was not entitled to commissions. Budd v. Zoller, 52 Mo. 238. See also Sec. 29.
 
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