Lord v. Williams

This is an action of contract brought by a real estate broker to recover a commission. The first count of the declaration was to recover reasonable compensation for procuring a purchaser for land of the defendant, and the second count was for services in negotiating a sale of the same property. The answer was a general denial and a modification of the agreement constituting accord and satisfaction between the parties.. The case comes before this court, after a general verdict for the plaintiff, on exceptions taken to the judge’s refusals *280to direct a verdict for the defendant and to give the…