To enable a broker to recover a commission on the sale of a ship, the mere fact of his having introduced the purchaser to the seller will not be sufficient, but lf it appears that such introduction was the foundation on which the negotiation proceeded, the parties cannot afterwards, by agreement between themselves, withdraw the matter from the broker’s hands, and deprive him of his commission. The broker will be entitled to his commission, if he was, up to a certain time, the agent or middle-man between the parties, although the contract be afterwards />completed without his instrumentality or interference.
[1837] EngR 520, (1837) 8 Car and P 1, (1837) 173 ER 373
Commonlii
England and Wales
Updated: 25 August 2021; Ref: scu.313637
