Legal Opinion
Provost v. Burgin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 28, 1934PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
The plaintiff, a real estate broker, seeks to recover a commission for being the efficient cause of the *274sale of a lot of land by the defendants to one Duane. The evidence warranted a finding that the plaintiff was employed as a broker by the defendants to procure a purchaser at a price of $8,000; that the plaintiff showed the lot to Duane and was the efficient cause of Duane’s determination to pay $8,000 for it; that the plaintiff told the defendants that he had interested Duane in the lot; that afterwards Duane, not knowing the plaintiff’s name, tried for two or three days to find the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- John T. Burns & Sons Inc. v. HandsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Cohen v. AmesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Jones v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- French v. McKayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Gleason v. NelsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Holton v. ShepardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Pacheco v. MedeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Corleto v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Green v. Warren Institution for SavingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Chisholm v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
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