Walker v. Baldwin & Frick
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas (Stockbridge, J.) Plaintiff’s 1st Prayer. — The plaintiff prays the Court to rule as a matter of law that if the negotiations for the sale of the property mentioned in this cause were begun through the plaintiff’s intervention,.and that the same culminated in the sale of the property, or if the sale was actually made by or through the information obtained through the plaintiff or his agents or assistants, then the verdict must be for the…
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas (Stockbridge, J.) Plaintiff’s 1st Prayer. — The plaintiff prays the Court to rule as a matter of law that if the negotiations for the sale of the property mentioned in this cause were begun through the plaintiff’s intervention,.and that the same culminated in the sale of the property, or if the sale was actually made by or through the information obtained through the plaintiff or his agents or assistants, then the verdict must be for the plaintiff. (Rejected.) Plaintiff’s 2nd Prayer. — The plaintiff prays the Court to instruct that if the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
Pearce:, J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Both the appellant and the appellees at the time that the controversy in this case arose, were, and the appellees still are, real estate brokers in Baltimore City, and the suit was brought by the appellant to recover from the appellees half the commissions received by them from the sale by them to Sylvan us Stokes of a lot at the Northeast corner of Baltimore and Hanover streets.
The case was first tried in November 1905, and resulted in a verdict for the defendants under instructions from the Court that the plaintiff could not recover, because at…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Walker v. Baldwin & FrickCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1906
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