M. E. Walbridge Agency, Inc. v. Rutland Hospital, Inc.

The plaintiff is a real estate broker. He is seeking to collect a commission which he says is due him. In support of his action, at the trial below, he presented evidence tending to show that early in 1956 Mr. Hinsman, president of the defendant hospital, contacted him and said that the hospital had decided to sell a certain business block which it owned in the city of Rutland and would the plaintiff be interested in trying to find a buyer. The plaintiff’s reply was that he would be interested on a standard commission basis of 5%. In the course of this talk, it was brought out by Mr. Hinsman…