Pattee v. Walter

The plaintiff, a licensed real estate broker, sued the defendant for a real estate commission arising from the plaintiff’s alleged participation in obtaining a buyer for property owned by the defendant and sold to M. Gilbert Burford. For a correct understanding of the facts in issue, a brief account of the events preceding the disputed agency and sale is essential.

*250It is undisputed that the defendant is an architect, builder and real estate developer in the town of Haddam. In January, 1966, Richard O’Brien, who was president of the corporation operating station wcnsrx and was on terms of close…