THORNTON v. FORBES


326 Mass. 308 (1950)

93 N.E.2d 742

OLIVE F. THORNTON vs. GEORGE L. FORBES & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 31, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.I. Morse, for the plaintiff.

J.L. Casaly, for the defendants.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, RONAN, WILKINS, & COUNIHAN, JJ.


QUA, C.J.

The plaintiff, a real estate broker, brings this action to recover a commission for procuring a purchaser for the defendants' house, land, and greenhouse in Natick. The trial judge found for the plaintiff. The Appellate Division ordered judgment for the defendants. The plaintiff appeals.

There was evidence of the tenor following: Shortly before October 26, 1947, the defendants employed the plaintiff to find a customer at a price of $18,000. On Sunday...

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