Legal Opinion
Stone v. Melbourne
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 1, 1950PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
In this action against the owners of real estate in Springfield by real- estate brokers to recover a commission of $400 for obtaining a customer, a verdict was directed for the defendants. The plaintiffs excepted.
There was evidence tending to prove the following. The defendants employed the plaintiffs to procure a buyer at a commission of five per cent. The plaintiffs procured one Shaw and his wife as buyers, and the Shaws entered into a written contract, the( validity of which is not questioned, for the purchase and sale of the real estate for $8,000, subject to the ability of the buyers to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Roche v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Ward v. CobbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Hutchinson v. PlantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Johnson v. HollandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- McCarthy v. ReidMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Tristram's Landing, Inc. v. WaitMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- E. A. Strout Realty Agency, Inc. v. GarganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Gaynor v. LaverdureMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Menton v. MelvinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- Richards v. GilbertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
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