Clark v. Henry G. Thompson & Son Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for services rendered in obtaining a mortgage loan of $44,000, on defendant’s real estate, brought to the City Court of New Haven and tried to the court, Bishop, J., after demurrer to the amended complaint had been overruled;'facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $390, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action to recover for services rendered in obtaining a mortgage loan of $44,000, on defendant’s real estate, brought to the City Court of New Haven and tried to the court, Bishop, J., after demurrer to the amended complaint had been overruled;'facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $390, and appeal by the defendant. The defendant owned real estate in the city of New Haven, encumbered by a first mortgage for $44,500, bearing five per cent interest and payable semi-annually. The plaintiff, a real estate broker, undertook to obtain a four per cent loan for a like amount in…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The plaintiff has clearly earned his commission. On June 30th his efforts resulted in securing a party who was ready and willing to make a loan to the defendant within the time stipulated, and upon terms acceptable to and in fact accepted by the defendant, his employer. Leete v. Norton, 43 Conn. 219; Schlegal v. Allerton, 65 id. 260. The loan which the plaintiff had undertaken to secure, and for which the defendant had expressly agreed to pay, was on that day, through the plaintiff’s agency, at tbe defendant’s” service. That it was not then and there consummated, was through no fault of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Knapp v. . WallaceNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Leete v. NortonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1875
- Gonzales v. BroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881
- Gauthier v. WestSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Rockwell v. NewtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
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- Gorbach v. TrupinConnecticut Appellate Court · 1968