This section is from the book "American Law Of Real Estate Agency", by William Slee Walker. Also available from Amazon: American law of real estate agency.
"While an agreement between the purchaser and the vendor that broker's commission should be paid by vendee as part of purchase price, upon first payment, and giving of a mortgage would not prevent the lien of broker from attaching to the vendee's interest, such lien could not be enforced on breach of vendee before the mortgage was given. Biddle v. Biddle, 168 N. W. 92, 202 Mich. 160.
 
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