Leonard v. Eldridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by a broker for a commission on the sale of certain real estate on the corner of Summer and North Streets in New Bedford.
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Contract by a broker for a commission on the sale of certain real estate on the corner of Summer and North Streets in New Bedford. Writ dated October 14,1901. At the trial in the Superior Court before Fessenden, J., it appeared, that the plaintiff was a real estate broker and that the defendants placed the property in his hands for sale, fixing no selling price; that the plaintiff in July, 1901, procured an offer of $5,400 and the taxes for that year, which amounted to $93.68; that this offer was submitted to the defendants and rejected; that the defendants discharged the plaintiff and placed…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
The plaintiff having failed to sell the property was discharged by the defendants in good faith, and he assented to the discharge. After that he had no right to act further for the defendants, and he so understood and made no further attempt in their behalf. Immediately after the discharge, the defendants employed one Bourne, a real estate broker and auctioneer, who soon afterwards offered the property at public auction, at which it was bid in by the defendants. Finally, in October, Vinal, the person who in July had made through the plaintiff the offer which was not accepted, made through…
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