Legal Opinion
Cheng v. Chin Wai Yip
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 7, 1959PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
This is an action for a broker’s commission against five individuals as trustees of a “realty trust.” The declaration alleged that “the defendants employed the plaintiff . . ..” The defendants excepted to the denial of their motion for a directed verdict “on the allegations set forth in the plaintiff’s declaration.” By “plaintiff” we shall refer to the original plaintiff for whom, on his death sometime after the trial, his administratrix was substituted.
The evidence showed that no defendant was a trustee when the alleged obligation was incurred. There was no evidence of a subsequent…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Larson v. Jeffrey-Nichols Motor Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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