Legal Opinion
Menton v. Melvin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 2, 1953PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This is an action of contract brought in the Second District Court of Eastern Middlesex to recover a real estate brokerage commission. The judge found for the plaintiff and reported the case to the Appellate Division which sustained his findings and rulings. The defendant appealed.
There was evidence substantially as follows. In May, 1950, the defendant requested the plaintiff, who was a real estate broker, to sell her dwelling house in Watertown. The selling price was $10,500 cash and it was understood that the plaintiff should receive a 5% commission. The plaintiff produced as prospective…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Rice v. MayoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Ward v. CobbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- E. A. Strout Realty Agency, Inc. v. GarganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Irving v. BonjornoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
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