Allard & Geary, Inc. v. Faro

This is an action challenging a Master’s (Mayland H. Morse, Jr., Esq.) award of a real estate commission to the plaintiffs, Allard & Geary, Inc. and Edward Dudley Real Estate. The defendant, James Faro, appeals the master’s decision on the ground that the plaintiff realtors were not entitled to their commission because they failed to produce a buyer who was ready, willing, and able to perform on the closing date. We find merit to the defendant’s argument, and accordingly we reverse.

In the fall of 1979, the defendant listed his two-family residence in Salem for sale with the plaintiff Allard &…