Legal Opinion
Libby v. Smith
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 25, 1936PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The plaintiff, a real estate broker, has brought this action to recover a commission for procuring one Alpert as a tenant of a portion of a store in Central Square, Cambridge. A jury in the Superior Court returned a verdict for the plaintiff and an affirmative answer to the question submitted by the trial judge: "Ought Smith as a reasonable man to have supposed that in bringing Alpert to see him Libby was performing a service for Smith for which he might reasonably expect Smith to pay?” The judge, who had reserved leave under the statute (G. L. [Ter. Ed.] c. 231, § 120), thereafter allowed a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Quinn v. BurtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Alvord v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- O'Connell v. CaseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Ebert v. HaskellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Spritz v. Brockton Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Evatt v. Willard D. Martin, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- DiBurro v. BonasiaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
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- Isenberg v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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