Lawton v. McHale Realty Co.

*356Roberts, J.

This action in assumpsit was brought for the recovery of a brokerage fee on the sale of real estate. The case was tried in the superior court before a jury and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $4,000. It is before this court on the defendant’s bill of exceptions containing its exceptions to the denial of its motions for a directed verdict and for a new trial.

The plaintiff contends that he entered into an oral brokerage contract with defendant in October 1950, undertaking to sell the real estate in question at a price of $80,000. He further contends that in…