Case Name: Westminster Realty Co. vs. Johanna Shoop
Court: Rhode Island Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1928-04-12
Citations: 4 R.I. Dec. 125
Docket Number: No. 72456
Parties: Westminster Realty Co. vs. Johanna Shoop
Judges: 
Reporter: Rhode Island Decisions
Volume: 4
Pages: 125–126

Head Matter:
Westminster Realty Co. vs. Johanna Shoop
No. 72456
April 12, 1928.

Opinion:
BLODGETT, J.
Heard jury trial waived.
Action to recover a broker's commission for the sale of a rooming house.
Defendant admits placing her property in the hands of plaintiff under a contract that the amount to be received for her property was $4,000 and the commission to be 10 per cent.
This contract was not carried out. Subsequently, the defendant traded off her rooming house for certain real estate at Oakland Beach.
The question is whether plaintiff was the efficient agent in bringing about this exchange.
The Court is of the opinion from the defendant's testimony that the negotia tions were begun through the plaintiff and that the plaintiff was the agent who brought the parties together.
For plaintiff: Jonas Sallet.
For defendant: Mortimer G. Cummings.
Decision for the plaintiff for $200.