Marcus v. Portal

The plaintiff, a duly licensed real estate broker, instituted this action for a commission which he alleged he earned when he procured a customer ready, willing and able to buy the defendant’s real estate in Hartford for the price and upon the terms laid down by the defendant. From a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff the defendant has appealed, assigning error in the denial of his motion for judgment non obstante veredicto, in the denial of his motion to set aside the verdict as unsupported by the evidence, and in rulings on evidence.

At the outset, we point out that the defendant filed…