Butler v. Ouwelant
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for services as brokers in effecting a sale of the defendant’s real estate, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County, Smith, Jfacts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs for $535, and appeal by the defendant. The following facts were found: In March, 1913, the defendant was the owner of a farm of about one hundred acres, upon which he lived and conducted a general farming business.
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Action to recover for services as brokers in effecting a sale of the defendant’s real estate, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County, Smith, Jfacts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs for $535, and appeal by the defendant. The following facts were found: In March, 1913, the defendant was the owner of a farm of about one hundred acres, upon which he lived and conducted a general farming business. The plaintiffs at this time and ever since have been real-estate brokers with an office in the city of Hartford. About March 1st, 1913, the defendant listed…
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
There, is no occasion to correct the finding. An examination of the evidence, which is before us under- § 797 of the General Statutes, does not disclose that any material fact has been found without evidence, or that any undisputed fact has been omitted from the finding.
To entitle the plaintiffs, as brokers, to the compensation which they claim to recover in this action, it should appear that they produced a person who was ready, able and willing, both to accept and live up to the terms offered by the defendant. Hoadley v. Savings Bank of Danbury, 71 Conn. 599, 42 Atl. 667; Home Banking &…
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