Selling a House

Te Aroha News, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5975, 8 September 1920, Page 3

Selling a House

Owner and Land Agent

In the abaenoe of a stipulation that an agent shall have the exclusive right

to Bell, owner of a honse may himself seli. Knowledge of the sale act&>«sra revocation of the .agent's —Authority to sell. Mr McCarthy, 3, XI, came to that conclusion after investigating a claim for commission on the sale of a house, or in the alternative a similar snmas for services rendgied. Defendant .sold the honse himself, without auy assistance from the' agent. The plai' tiff alleged tbattlefendant consciously. kept the fact of the sale a secret, leaving him to. continue fruitless exertions. on ..defend-

ant's behalf. Mr JMc' artby found that the defendant informed the plaintiff's salesman • that the - honse bad

been.sold, and that this announcement operated as a revocation of plaintiff’s authority to sell. Judgment was given for the defendant with costs.