Schlegal v. Allerton
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover broker’s commission for the sale of certain real estate ; brought to the District Court of Waterbury and tried to the court, Bradstreet, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff to recover the full amount claimed and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Action to recover broker’s commission for the sale of certain real estate ; brought to the District Court of Waterbury and tried to the court, Bradstreet, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff to recover the full amount claimed and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. There is no finding that the plaintiff obtained a contract between the purchaser and the defendant; that he brought the property to the attention of Mr. Whittemore; that he was the efficient cause of the sale to Mr. Whittemore.…
1Opinion of the CourtFenn, J.
In November, 1891, the defendant placed certain real estate which she owned and was desirous of selling, in the hands of the plaintiff, who was a real estate dealer and agent, requesting him to sell the same, and fixed the price at $16,000. Some weeks after, the defendant called upon the plaintiff and asked him what commission he should charge for selling the property, and he informed her that the customary commission, and what he should charge, would be two per cent, but said that he did not think it possible to sell the property for the figure she named. He also then said he thought Mr.…
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