Kates Corp. v. Kirshenbaum

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Superior Court in a case arising out of a dis pute over an alleged agreement to pay a real estate broker’s commission. The plaintiff, Kates Corporation (Kates), seeks to recover a commission on the sale of real property, located at Weeden Street and Reservoir Avenue in Pawtucket, by defendant Jordan B. Kirshenbaum to third-party defendant Philip B. Smiley (Smiley). The trial justice directed a verdict for the defendant at the close of the plaintiff s case.

The facts, considered in the light most favorable to plaintiff and with all…