Butler v. Baker
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Exceptions to tbe Court of Common Pleas.
1Opinion of the CourtMatteson, C. J.
This is an action of assumpsit to recover compensation claimed to be due to the plaintiff as a real-estate broker. The plaintiff testified at the trial in the Court of Common Pleas that be contracted with the defendant to find a purchaser of his estate for $2,800, and that the defendant agreed with him that be should have as his commission for the sale all that the estate should bring over $2,800 ; that be found a purchaser, named Bronson, for the property at the price of $2,850, and brought him to the plaintiff’s agent; that Bronson paid $25 on account of the purchase-money to the…
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