Legal Opinion

Fenton v. Federal Street Building Trust

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 26, 1942PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.

The first action is in contract to recover a commission from a trust, organized under a written declaration of trust and having transferable certificates representing the beneficial interest therein, for securing a tenant in the trust property and a purchaser of one half of the trust certificates; and the second action, so far as now material, is in contract to recover a commission, on account of the said lease and said purchase, from the executors under the will of one McGregor, hereinafter called the testator. The plaintiff excepted to the direction of a verdict for each defendant. The…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Silver v. GravesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
  2. Larson v. SylvesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  3. Des Rivieres v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  4. Wellington v. ApthorpMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
  5. Dixon v. LamsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922

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3Cited by23 opinions

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  3. Jackson v. Action for Boston Community Development, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
  4. O'Brien v. Analog Devices, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1993
  5. Cygan v. MegathlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951

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