Monk v. Parker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against Horace B. Parker, John W. Weeks and George W. Morse, to recover a commission of $1,450 alleged to have been earned by one Stimpson, the plaintiff’s assignor, by his services as a broker in negotiating an exchange of certaiti lands. Writ dated April 28, 1900. In the Superior Court, Hardy, J. ordered the jury to return a verdict for all three of the defendants. The verdicts were returned as ordered; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
There is nothing involved in this case beyond the application of principles, which were recently discussed at length in Fitzpatrick v. Gilson, 176 Mass. 477.
The suit was brought by the assignee of one Stimpson to recover commissions earned by him for the exchange of certain land owned by the Newton Land and Improvement Company. The judge directed a verdict for the defendants, and the case is here on exceptions by the plaintiff. The plaintiff admits, in his brief, that he has not made out a case against the defendant Morse.
On the evidence the jury were warranted in finding that Stimpson was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fitzpatrick v. GilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
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