Wm. Pease O'Brien Inc. v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.

In this action of contract by a real estate *243broker to recover a commission, the judge ordered a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff excepted.

The defendant was the owner of real estate on Mount Vernon Street in the Dorchester district of Boston. In December, 1943, one O’Brien, the plaintiff’s president and treasurer, talked with one Stafford, the defendant’s real estate representative. O’Brien said that he had a customer he believed the defendant’s building would suit, and tried to get Stafford to name a price. Stafford said they would want at least $200,000. At this meeting "no…