Kessler v. Bishop

This is an action of the case to recover a commission for services as a broker. The action was heard by a justice of the Superior Court sitting without a jury and the decision was for the defendant.

The case is here on plaintiff's bill of exceptions. The only exception of any consequence is to the decision of the trial justice, on the ground that it was against the law and the evidence.

The plaintiff is a real estate broker and agent in Providence. In September, 1929, defendant, who owned two houses in Warwick, went to the office of the plaintiff in Providence and listed the houses with him for…