Legal Opinion
Bonin v. Chestnut Hill Towers Realty Co.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 22, 1982PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
With a fine touch for understatement the Supreme Judicial Court has observed on two occasions that the relationship and obligations running between real estate owners and brokers have been “the subject of frequent litigation.” Henderson & Real, Inc. v. Glen, 329 Mass. 748, 751 (1953). Tristam’s Landing, Inc. v. Wait, 367 Mass. 622, 628 (1975). A significant share of the cases raise the question: who made the deal, or, in the language of the law, who was the efficient cause of the sale? See, e.g., Gleason v. Nelson, 162 Mass. 245 (1894); Carnes v. Finigan, 198 Mass. 128 (1908); Nichols v.…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- United Housing Foundation, Inc. v. FormanSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Samuel Simblest v. Joseph MaynardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Sullivan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Tristram's Landing, Inc. v. WaitMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Holton v. ShepardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Bonin v. Chestnut Hill Towers Realty Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Ira H. Shinberg v. Paul BrukCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Cantell v. Hill Holliday Connors Cosmopulos, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
- Benn v. Halyard Realty Trust (In Re Halyard Realty Trust)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1983
- Leatherbee Mortgage Co. v. CohenMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1994
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