Almon v. Donlan

This is an action to recover a real estate broker’s commission. The defendant, as trustee under the will of Catherine J. Donlan, was the owner of a tract of land in Waltham, consisting of seventy-two lots; many of these lots have been sold. On the tract there were advertising signs of several real estate brokers, including one of the plaintiff. In June, 1926, a Swedish religious corporation in Waltham was desirous of purchasing a site suitable for the erection of a church. No committee was appointed for such purchase and no board or committee had authority to procure a site. The pastor of the…