Leno v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by court at the September Term, 1914, Washington County, Miles, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The plaintiff and the defendant are real estate brokers and have been for quite a number of years.
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Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by court at the September Term, 1914, Washington County, Miles, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The plaintiff and the defendant are real estate brokers and have been for quite a number of years. Five or six years ago the plaintiff was requested by Walter F. Stoddard to find a customer who would purchase his farm; and it was understood between them that plaintiff was to receive a commission on the sale or exchange of said farm. The plaintiff undertook to find such a customer, and on several occasions sent or took…
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
Whatever the result might be if it appeared that the plaintiff were employed for the mere purpose of bringing a possible buyer and seller together, leaving everything else to the action of the principals, as was the case in Knauss v. Gottfried Krueger Brewing Co., 142 N. Y. 70, 36 N. E. 867, the record shows that the plaintiff was requested by Stoddard to find a customer who would purchase his farm, and he was to receive a commission "for the sale or exchange” of it, and did receive a commission "for the sale and exchange” of it for the Holland farm in which he was also interested by way of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Rice v. WoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Knauss v. Gottfried Krueger Brewing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Raisin v. ClarkCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1874
- Walker v. OsgoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Rice v. Davis, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County1890
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- Peaden v. MarlerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
- Capital Garage Co. v. PowellSupreme Court of Vermont · 1922
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