Bruce v. Hurlbut
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Cansevoort De W. Hurlbut, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of Albany on the 20th day of January, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 20th day of January,. 1899, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Merwin, J.:
■ This action was brought to recover for services alleged to have been performed by plaintiff as a broker in procuring for the defendant a purchaser of certain real estate in Albany. The plaintiff brought the defendant into communication with Mr. Dudley, the proposed purchaser, and after some negotiations a written contract, called in the case Exhibit B, was prepared. This was signed by the defendant in duplicate, and then, as the evidence on the part of the plaintiff tendéd to show, Mr. Dudley also signed the papers, and the parties mutually made a delivery, thus making, as the…
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