Rosenfield v. Wall
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover a real-estate broker’s commission, brought to and tried by the City Court of Hartford, Bullard, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $326, against the defendant James J. Wall, and in favor of Mrs. Wall, from which the former defendant appealed.
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Action to recover a real-estate broker’s commission, brought to and tried by the City Court of Hartford, Bullard, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $326, against the defendant James J. Wall, and in favor of Mrs. Wall, from which the former defendant appealed. On March 5th, 1918, defendant James J. Wall owned the premises known as 68-70 Pliny Street, Hartford, and employed the plaintiff, Max Rosenfield, as his agent to find a purchaser for this property. Plaintiff in April and May, 1918, secured from Mrs. Brody successive offers, the last for $16,200, and submitted…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The essentials of an action such as this, to recover a broker’s commission for the sale of real estate, are the employment of the broker by the owner to sell his real estate upon certain named terms, and the procurement by the broker of a customer willing, ready and able to purchase upon these terms. Abbott v. Lee, 86 Conn. 392, 85 Atl. 526; Home Banking & Realty Co. v. Baum, 85 Conn. 383, 82 Atl. 970. The difficulty in supporting the judgment is, that the facts found, upon which the appeal must be determined, do not disclose the cause of action of the complaint, nor indeed any cause of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Whitcomb v. BaconMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
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- Home Banking & Realty Co. v. BaumSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
- Higgins v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1900
- Leonard v. EldridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
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