Chapin v. Ruby

This is a suit to recover a broker’s commission. 1 The judge, after hearing, filed “findings, rulings, and order for final decree,” in accordance with which a final decree was entered dismissing the bill. From this decree the plaintiff appeals. The evidence is not reported. The judge did not state that his findings (which appear to have been voluntary) constituted all of the material facts on which the order for decree was based. But considering the scope and extent of the findings and the fact that the parties have dealt with them as containing all of the material facts, we shall treat them…