Where the owner of land refused to complete a sale to a purchaser introduced by a broker, evidence of the prospective purchaser in an action by the broker for commissions that at the time he was introduced to the land owner he was ready and willing to buy the land on the terms mentioned in the contract, and so stated to the owner, was admissible. McDermott v. Ma-honey, 119 Iowa 470, affirmed 115 N. W. 32, 139 Iowa 292; Walsh v. Gay, 63 N. Y. S. 543; 49 App. Div. 50; Kirchner v. Reichardt, 27 Misc. 530, 58 N. Y. S. 314; Joffe v. Nagel, 114 N. Y. S. 905; Hutchinson v. Plant, 105 N. E. 1017, 218 Mass. 148; Smith v. Sharp B. E. Co., 77 S. 40, 200 Ala. 666; Columbia Realty & Inv. Co. v. Alameda Land Co., 168 P. 64, re. den., Id. 440. - Or. Sup. -; Fisher v. Skidmore Land Co., 179 N. W.

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