Legal Opinion

Kaplan v. Henry Wenz, Inc.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 9, 1954PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCounihan, J.

This is an action by a real estate broker for a commission on the sale of certain property, owned by the defendant, to Joseph Mandell and Louis Bornstein for $57,000 on August 1, 1951, pursuant to a buy and sell agreement dated July 11, 1951. It was tried to a jury who returned a verdict for the plaintiff. It comes here upon the defendant’s exceptions to the denial of its motion for a directed verdict and to the denial of its motion to enter a verdict for the defendant under leave reserved. There was no error.

Both exceptions raise the same question of law. The test is whether the evidence…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Kacavas v. DiamondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  2. Brightman v. BlanchetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  3. Sherman v. Briggs Realty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
  4. Henderson & Beal, Inc. v. GlenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
  5. Nichols v. AthertonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. McEvoy v. GinsbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
  2. BIPING HUANG & another v. RE/MAX LEADING EDGE & others.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2022
  3. Leatherbee Mortgage Co. v. CohenMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1994
  4. Campbell v. PulvirentiMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1972
  5. Chelmsford Colonial Real Estate Co. v. MirabellaMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1973

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