Labrosse Realty Corporation v. Sabre

This is an action in assumpsit brought by a real estate broker to recover the balance, alleged to be due, of a commission for the sale of real estate. The trial in the Superior Court resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $221 and the case is before us on the defendant’s exception to the admission of evidence and on an exception to the refusal of the trial court to grant a new trial.

The real estate which was the subject of sale was situated in the city of Cranston. The plaintiff contended that the defendant agreed to pay, in the event that a sale was effected, a commission of 5%, the…