Glassman v. Barron

This is an action of contract to recover a real estate broker’s commission. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs. The case is here on exceptions to the denial of the defendants’ motion that the trial judge require the plaintiffs to elect on which count of the declaration they relied, to the denial of the defendants’ motion for a directed verdict, to the admission of certain evidence, and to the refusal to give their requests for instructions.

The defendants are brothers-in-law. The defendant Gordon owned a house in Somerville, and the defendant Barron owned a brick block in Everett,…