Burke v. Daughters of the Most Holy Redeemer, Inc.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

This suit is to recover a commission for negotiating a loan for defendant. Plaintiff obtained a verdict but the court granted judgment for defendant n. o. v. The question, on appeal, is as to the propriety of that action.

Defendant is a non-profit corporation, a religious order of nuns, owning a large tract of land and buildings thereon, including a home for the aged. Having in contemplation the building of an addition to that home, defendant, on September 30, 1939, gave to plaintiff, in writing, authority “to obtain for us the best available Mortgage Loan Proposal…