Legal Opinion
Metz v. Hvass Construction Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided October 15, 1957PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBahdwiw, J.
The plaintiff had a judgment to recover a real estate broker’s commission and the defendant has appealed.
“A broker earns his commission in a real estate transaction when he procures a customer who is ready, willing and able to purchase upon terms prescribed or accepted by the seller.” Thomas F. Rogers, Inc. v. Hochberg, 143 Conn. 22, 24, 118 A.2d 910. The issue upon the trial of the case at bar was whether the plaintiff had procured the customer who purchased a parcel of land from the defendant and contracted with the defendant for the erection of a house upon it. This was essentially an…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Housatonic Valley Insurance Agency, Inc. v. KlipsteinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
- Ball v. Town of BranfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
- Thomas F. Rogers, Inc. v. HochbergSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
- Detoro v. CannataSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Kane v. BrunneauSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Stanley Works v. New Britain Redevelopment AgencySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- Pitt v. KentSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
- Elmendorf v. PoprockiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- Taylor v. Hamden Hall School, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
- Richter v. DrenckhahnSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
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