Legal Opinion
Greiner-Maltz Co. v. Stevens
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 24, 1971PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBertram Harnett, J.
Where a tenant of real property exercises an option to purchase contained in his lease, is the broker who procured the lease entitled to a further brokerage commission on that sale in the absence of a written brokerage agreement to that effect?
Greiner-Maltz Co., Inc. (“broker”) is a licensed real estate broker. Defendants (“ owners ”) were the owners of real property in Huntington Station, Long Island. In November, 1966, the owners entered into a written lease of that property with a third party (“ tenant ”) produced by the broker which provided, among other terms, for an option in the…
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