Belisle v. Barry

This is an action to recover a real estate broker’s commission. The case was heard in the Superior Court before a judge without a jury, upon an agreed statement of facts, in substance as follows.

The defendants employed the plaintiff’s intestate to negotiate the sale of certain property on Orient Street in the city of Worcester, and agreed to pay him a commission if he should obtain a purchaser. Through the efforts of the intestate, the defendants, the intestate, one Simon George and one Adbo Beyrouthy on a Saturday night met at the house of the defendants and there agreed upon the terms of…