Curran v. O'Donnell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort with a declaration in two counts. Writ dated October 29, 1917. In the first count of the declaration, the plaintiff alleged “that one Wilfred J. Beaudry was indebted to him in the sum of $233.33, as a commission for, or for services in, procuring the defendant as a customer for the purchase of certain property of said Beau-dry; that the defendant, in consideration that the plaintiff would release said Beaudry from said indebtedness, promised and agreed with the…
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Tort with a declaration in two counts. Writ dated October 29, 1917. In the first count of the declaration, the plaintiff alleged “that one Wilfred J. Beaudry was indebted to him in the sum of $233.33, as a commission for, or for services in, procuring the defendant as a customer for the purchase of certain property of said Beau-dry; that the defendant, in consideration that the plaintiff would release said Beaudry from said indebtedness, promised and agreed with the plaintiff to pay him said sum of $233.33, in which agreement said Beaudry joined and in consequence of said promise and…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action of contract brought to recover a commission for, or services in, procuring the defendant as a customer for the purchase of certain property of one Beaudry. There was evidence to warrant a finding of the following facts: that Beaudry employed the plaintiff to find a purchaser for the property; that after different terms of sale had been submitted by the plaintiff to the defendant, extending over a period of several months, an offer of sale was finally made at the direction of Beau-dry, by the terms of which the latter agreed to accept $700 for his interest in the real and…
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- Willard v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Griffin v. CunninghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Caswell v. FellowsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Trudeau v. PoutreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
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