Lawrence v. Hamilton

The defendant appeals from the denial of her motion to set aside the verdict in favor of the plaintiff and for claimed errors in the charge of the court to the jury. The defendant was the owner of a tract of land in South Norwalk containing twenty acres which she had listed with the plaintiff, a real-estate broker, for sale, upon an agreed commission of five per cent of the selling price, which was $25,000. The plaintiff claimed that, in listing the property with him for sale, the defendant had prescribed the terms of sale which were, a cash deposit of $500, $4500 to be paid within sixty…