Brilliant v. Samelas

This is a bill in equity to reach and apply to the satisfaction of the plaintiff’s claim, the defendant’s interest in a certain mortgage. R. L. c. 159, § 3, cl. 7. The defendant placed his property in the hands of the plaintiff for the purpose of sale or exchange, and agreed to pay the plaintiff a commission if he procured a customer to whom the defendant could sell or exchange his property. One Merkelson owned property in Revere, and the plaintiff brought the defendant and Merkelson together. At an interview in March, 1914, all the terms of the agreement for the exchange of the Revere…