Home Banking & Realty Co. v. Baum
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by a real-estate broker to recover a commission for obtaining a purchaser of the defendants’ property, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County, Coats, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $117, and appeal by the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The plaintiff, a corporation located in New Britain, Connecticut, through its officers, acts as a broker in the sale of real estate. The defendants, Charles Baum and wife, each owned an undivided one-half interest in a house and lot in New Britain which they occupied. On August 9th, 1909, desiring to sell their real estate, Charles Baum, the husband, signed and delivered to the plaintiff a writing containing the followings'“New Britain, Conn., Aug. 9, 1909. I hereby authorize the Home Banking & Realty Co. to sell my property as per schedule on reverse side of this card, and do hereby agree to…
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