DeFREITAS v. COTE


342 Mass. 474 (1961)

174 N.E.2d 371

JOHN J.F. DEFREITAS vs. ISRAEL COTE & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

April 28, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. David Scheinman, for the plaintiff.

Charles R. Desmarais & William H. Carey, for the defendants, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., WILLIAMS, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, & SPIEGEL, JJ.


SPIEGEL, J.

In this action of contract the plaintiff, a real estate broker, seeks to recover a commission for producing a purchaser who was ready, willing, and able to buy a parcel of land with the buildings thereon belonging to the defendants.

On July 5, 1958, the plaintiff and the defendants entered into a written agreement, which created an exclusive agency in the plaintiff for a period of six months. The selling price stated in the agreement was $16,800...

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