Legal Opinion
John T. Burns & Sons Inc. v. Hands
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 28, 1933PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
These are two actions of contract, tried together, to recover from the defendants in the first case (hereinafter spoken of as Hands) $260, and from the defendant in the second case (hereinafter spoken of as Temple) $444, as a real estate broker’s commissions upon the sale by the defendants to each other of certain real estate. The trial judge found for the plaintiff in each case. The only question at issue was whether the plaintiff was the efficient cause of the sales. The Appellate Division reversed the decision, and ordered judgment for the defendants in each case, on the ground that the…
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