by John Marshall Harlan, Wadsworth v. Adams — Opinion of the Court
“ He is no more entitled to compensation than a broker will be entitled to commissions who, having undertaken to sell particular property for the best price that could be fairly obtained for it, becomes, without the knowledge of his principal, the agent of another to get it for him at the lowest possible price. ”
by John Marshall Harlan, Wadsworth v. Adams — Opinion of the Court
“ The assumption of the latter position would be a fraud upon the vendor, who is entitled, in such cases, to the benefit of the diligence, zeal, and disinterested exertions of the agent in the execution of his employment. The law requires the strictest good faith upon the part of one occupying a relation of confidence to another. ”
by John Marshall Harlan, Wadsworth v. Adams — Opinion of the Court
“ As he testifies that he did not, after parting from McComb in New York in the afternoon of the 27th, see or have any communication with the latter in relation to the notes or their sale or purchase, it could not be true that he had, himself, on the 28th, or before being notified of the sale by De Bardeleben, negotiated a sale for $380,000, unless, as by McComb, it was understood between him and Adams, before they separated on the 27th, that McComb was to take the notes at $380,000 if his offer of $350,000 was not accepted by De Bardeleben. ”
