Tristram's Landing, Inc. v. Wait

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• broker is entitled to a commission where title does not pass if the closing is prevented by “the wrongful act or interference of the seller”
• if seller’s wrongful conduct prevents the closing, broker is entitled to commission

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

76 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Community Builders, Inc. v. Indian Motocycle Associates, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-04-07· cited 96×
• Bump v. Robbins
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-06-11· cited 51×
• Capezzuto v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-03· cited 35×
• Finard & Co. v. Sitt Asset Management
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-04-07· cited 34×
• Bonin v. Chestnut Hill Towers Realty Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-05-23· cited 26×
• Sparks v. Fidelity National Title Insurance
  First Circuit· 2002-07-01· cited 22×
• Plymouth Port, Inc. v. Smith
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-11-16· cited 21×
• Kinchla v. Welsh
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-09-24· cited 21×
• Julius Tofias & Co. v. John B. Stetson Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-02-22· cited 19×
• Creed v. Apog
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-05-19· cited 19×
• Hillis v. Lake
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-12-15· cited 18×
• Lobosco v. Donovan
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-01-31· cited 15×
• Currier v. Kosinski
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-04-23· cited 15×
• Bonin v. Chestnut Hill Towers Realty Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-06-22· cited 13×
• Coldwell Banker/Hunneman v. Shostack
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-12-07· cited 13×
• John E. Bennett, D/B/A Bennett Realty, Etc. v. James P. McCabe and John M. Zitaglio
  First Circuit· 1987-01-09· cited 11×
• Erhard v. F. W. Woolworth Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-02-13· cited 11×
• Goetz v. Anderson
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1978-11-30· cited 9×
• Hunneman & Co. v. LoPresti
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-03· cited 9×
• Leech v. Ebers
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-12-18· cited 8×

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Alvord v. Cook
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1899-07-03· cited 53×
• Roche v. Smith
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1900-10-17· cited 51×
• Winkelman v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1974-03-02· cited 37×
• Gaynor v. Laverdure
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-01-17· cited 30×
• Rogers v. Hendrix
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1968-03-20· cited 29×
• Rosenthal v. Schwartz
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1913-05-20· cited 26×
• Canton v. Thomas
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-09-20· cited 26×
• Henderson & Beal, Inc. v. Glen
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1953-02-03· cited 24×
• Maher v. Haycock
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1938-12-21· cited 24×
• Johnson v. Holland
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1912-03-01· cited 21×
• Stone v. Melbourne
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1950-11-01· cited 18×
• Richards v. Gilbert
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1958-01-08· cited 17×
• Ripley v. Taft
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1925-10-16· cited 16×
• Spence v. Lawrence
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1958-04-11· cited 13×
• Brown v. Grimm
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1971-02-24· cited 11×
• McCarthy v. Daggett
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-06-25· cited 9×
• Staab v. Messier
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1970-04-07· cited 7×
• Lord v. Williams
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1927-04-16· cited 6×
• LeDonne v. Slade
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-03-11· cited 5×
• Remington v. Pattison
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-06-29· cited 2×