Jordan v. McNally

This is an action of assumpsit to recover a broker’s commission on the sale of certain real estate known as Saddleback farm in East Baldwin. The plaintiff recovered a verdict of $5,250 and the case is before the Law Court on defendant’s general motion.

The determining facts are as follows: Henrietta Pierce Watkinson, a resident of San Francisco, California, died testate in August, 1920, •leaving as a part of her estate the land above mentioned. Under the terms of the will and codicil Frank J. Hurley and Lucy Ward Stobbins, both residents of San Francisco, were duly appointed executors with the…