SPENCE v. LAWRENCE


337 Mass. 355 (1958)

149 N.E.2d 379

HERBERT W. SPENCE vs. WALTER E. LAWRENCE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

April 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan F. Sawyer, for the plaintiff.

Albion L. Hogan, for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., RONAN, SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, & CUTTER, JJ.


RONAN, J.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, a real estate broker, in an action of contract to recover a commission, from a decision of the Appellate Division which vacated a finding of a District Court for the plaintiff and ordered a finding for the defendant.

There was evidence that the defendant on March 21, 1956, entered into a written agreement with the plaintiff, the first paragraph of which is the only part now material and reads as follows: "In consideration...

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