Geo. W. Brackenridge v. Claridge & Payne

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the lower court's judgment and remanded the case, holding that the brokers did not earn commissions because they had not secured a purchaser ready, willing, and able to buy under the principal's terms, and because the broker failed to prove a defect in title. The Court also affirmed that an undisclosed principal's agent is not liable for commissions once the principal is disclosed and a contract is made with the principal.