Merwin v. Beardsley

The case presents the more or less common situation of the owner going behind the back of the broker to conclude a sale with a customer whom the broker has procured, in order to escape paying a commission. Schlegal v. Allerton, 65 Conn. 260, 32 A. 363; Housatonic Valley Ins. Agency, Inc. v. Klipstein, 125 Conn. 274, 280, 5 A. 2d 16. In Baretz v. Steinmetz, 102 Conn. 148, 150, 128 A. 18, a similar case, we said: “The trial court

reached the conclusion that the defendant had impliedly agreed to pay the plaintiff the customary broker’s commission if the property was sold to Barone. The facts…