Chapin v. Bridges
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon the following written agreement signed and delivered by the defendant to the plaintiff: “ Geo. H. Chapin; Sir, I hereby place the property, of which a description has been given, in your hands for sale.
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Contract upon the following written agreement signed and delivered by the defendant to the plaintiff: “ Geo. H. Chapin; Sir, I hereby place the property, of which a description has been given, in your hands for sale. If the same is sold to any party within a period of one year from this date, or at any time thereafter, before I have given you thirty days’ notice in writing of my intention to withdraw the property from the market, I hereby promise to pay you the sum of three hundred dollars for your services in selling, or endeavoring to sell, said property. If not sold, I am to be at no…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
This action is brought upon an agreement in writing, by the terms of which, according to their plain meaning, the defendant in October, 1871, employed the plaintiff, a broker *108in Boston, to sell Ms farm in Brookfield, and promised to pay Mm $300 for Ms services in selling or endeavoring to sell it, in either of two alternatives: 1st, of its being sold (whether by the plaintiff or by the defendant without Ms intervention) to any person within a year; or, 2d, of its being so sold at any time afterwards and before the defendant had given the plaintiff thirty days’ notice in writing of a…
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