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 provision in a real estate broker's contract for commissions for a sale of land, that the owner might withdraw the land from the market or raise the price on paying to the broker two per cent. of the price stipulated, is penal in character and must be strictly construed. Tracey v. Abney, 122 Iowa, 306, 98 N. W. 121. Compare Secs. 132, 552.
 
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