Laidlaw v. Vose
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
The plaintiff, a real estate broker, sued in two counts to recover a commission. The first count alleged an employment “to sell certain premises” at Edgartown “for $35,000 net to the defendants”; that he “found a customer for said premises ready, willing and able to purchase at the price of $37,000”; and that the defendants owe him $1,850 as commission on said sale. The second count, upon an account annexed, claimed $1,850 as a commission at five per cent “for procuring customer . . . for sale of real estate at $37,000.” At the trial it appeared that no completed sale took place. The jury…
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