Legal Opinion
Ripley v. Taft
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 16, 1925PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action to recover a broker’s commission for procuring a customer for the sale of the defendant’s farm and certain farming implements and stock. The plaintiff testified that at his first conversation with the defendant the latter stated that he would like to dispose of his farm; and that at a later conversation the defendant told him what stock and farming implements he had on the farm and that he would sell it and the personal property for $7,000; that thereafter it was advertised for sale by the plaintiff in several newspapers; that the plaintiff showed the farm to one Sowa in the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Fitzpatrick v. GilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Walker v. RussellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Savage v. WelchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Munroe v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Commonwealth v. GettiganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Tristram's Landing, Inc. v. WaitMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Driscoll v. BunarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Gaynor v. LaverdureMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Henderson & Beal, Inc. v. GlenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- Pappathanos v. CoakleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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