Isenberg v. Williams

The plaintiff brought this action to recover a commission for procuring, at the request of the defendant, a customer for a parcel of real estate. A judge of the Superior Court sitting without a jury found for the plaintiff. He denied the defendant’s requests for rulings to the effect that the evidence did not warrant a finding that there was a contract of hire between the plaintiff and the defendant personally, and that the evidence did not warrant a finding for the plaintiff.

The judge made the following findings: One Weiner and one Riman, doing business as the Dorchester Lumber Company, were…