Lawrence v. Atwood

This was an action of assumpsit upon the common counts, brought by appellants, to recover commissions claimed to be due from appellee for services as brokers in finding a purchaser of his farm.

The Superior Court, upon a trial without a jury, found the issue for the defendant, overruled a motion for a new trial, and entered judgment against the plaintiffs for costs; from which judgment they appealed, and here assign for error, that the findings were against the law and the evidence.

Both of the averments, upon proof of which their right to recover depends, were controverted, viz: The making of…