Lincoln v. McClatchie
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit, to recover a commission for the sale of real estate, claimed to be due to the plaintiff as a real estate broker ; brought,to the Superior Court in Hartford county. The following facts were found by an auditor' to whom the case was referred. On the 14th of March, 1866, the defendant left with the plaintiff, a real estate broker in the city of Hartford, up°on sale, a certain piece of real estate, with house and buildings, upon Canton street, in Hartford.
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Assumpsit, to recover a commission for the sale of real estate, claimed to be due to the plaintiff as a real estate broker ; brought,to the Superior Court in Hartford county. The following facts were found by an auditor' to whom the case was referred. On the 14th of March, 1866, the defendant left with the plaintiff, a real estate broker in the city of Hartford, up°on sale, a certain piece of real estate, with house and buildings, upon Canton street, in Hartford. The plaintiff was instructed not to advertise the place, but was to sell it at private sale for $6,500, and in case of such sale he…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, J.
If Burdick, the purchaser, had gone to the office of the plaintiff to ascertain what real estate there was for sale and there obtained all the information that was communicated to Goodwin, and in consequence thereof had opened a negotiation with the defendant to purchase and had finally purchased the premises, the counsel for the defendant concede that he would have been liable. Murray v. Currie, 7 Car., & Payne, 584; Wilkinson v. Martin, 8 id., 1; Burnett v. Bouch, 9 id., 620.
But the claim is, that the fact that the information that Burdick received was communicated to him by Goodwin, who…
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