Cadigan v. Crabtree
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract to recover a commission-for services as a real estate broker. Writ dated July 29, 1899. The case was before this court at a previous stage as reported in 179 Mass. 474, where the pleadings and the evidence presented at the first trial before Morton, J. are described. The defendant’s exceptions having been sustained by that decision, there was a new trial before Loring, J., who made the rulings stated in the opinion of the court.
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Contract to recover a commission-for services as a real estate broker. Writ dated July 29, 1899. The case was before this court at a previous stage as reported in 179 Mass. 474, where the pleadings and the evidence presented at the first trial before Morton, J. are described. The defendant’s exceptions having been sustained by that decision, there was a new trial before Loring, J., who made the rulings stated in the opinion of the court. The jury by direction of the justice returned a Verdict for the defendant on the third count. On the fourth count the jury returned a verdict for the…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
This is an action by a real estate broker to recover a commission upon a lease. So far as material to the question before us, the evidence for the plaintiff, taken in the light most favorable to him, tended to show the following facts: About November 1, 1898, the defendant employed the plaintiff to procure a tenant for certain real estate owned by her. He saw several persons on the matter, among whom were one Gould and one Mann. With the latter negotiations were soon begun which finally resulted in an agreement as to terms, and in the preparation of some papers. The Mann lease, however, “fell…
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- Sibbald v. . the Bethlehem Iron CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Wylie v. . Marine National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Cadigan v. CrabtreeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Ward v. FletcherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Abbott v. Hunt.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
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