A broker's declaration for commissions alleging that he procured a purchaser, and that the owner refused to consummate the sale, is not insufficient for failure to allege that the owner was advised who the purchaser was. Coppage v. Howard, 96 A. 642, 127 Md. 512.

Realty broker's complaint against another broker held to state cause of action, on the theory that defendant agreed with plaintiff to try to effect sale, and he submitted offers to plaintiff on consideration plaintiff would pay 2 1/2% commission, but that defendant submitted offer to owner and so secured five per cent. Gerard v. Cross & Brown Co., 165 N Y. Sup. 819, 178 App. Div. 612.

Petition of a broker against landowner stating that but for defendant's failure to designate land for sale, and fixing prices and terms, according to his contract, the land would have been sold at a reasonable price yielding certain commissions; held, sufficient, without statement as to whom plaintiff could have sold. Daugherty v. Smith, 192 S. W. 1131, - Tex. Civ. App. - .

Unless the contract of employment stipulates to the contrary, the procurement of a binding, written contract between his employer and his customer is not necessary to complete performance of his duties on the part of the broker, provided the employer is in a position to execute it himself. Eldorado Coal Co. v. Rust & Shelburne, 81 S. 567, - Ala. Sup. - .

Where a petition in broker's action for commission set up a cause of action based upon contract of listment, and no special objections were entered and preserved setting up insufficiency of averment as to plaintiff's contract with defendant, and the averment as actually made authorized the admission of plaintiff's evidence establishing the contract of listment sued on, and defendant's breach, the petition was sufficient. Pope v. Peeples, 101 S. E. 303, - Ga. App. - .

In an action by a broker engaged to procure a loan to recover commission, the complaint, though not alleging in terms that the broker was ready, willing and able to furnish a loan, held sufficient to state a cause of action. Ky. Mtge. Securities Co. v. Hammond, 218 S. W. 714, - Ky. Ct. App. - .

A complaint in an action by a broker to recover compensation need not allege the date on which defendant failed and refused to pay the agreed compensation. Eickmier v. Geddes, 126 N. E. 859, - Ind. App. - .