Myers v. Cohn
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from city court, general term. Action by Morris A. Myers against Annie Cohn for commissions on purchase of real estate. Judgment was rendered for plaintiff at a trial term of the city court, and affirmed by the general term of such court, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
Though in the purchase of the real property conveyed to her, as well as in the employment of plaintiff’s assignor, as broker, to effect the purchase, defendant may have acted as the guardian of her infant children, she was none the less personally liable for the broker’s commissions. Douglass v. Leonard, (Com. Pl. N. Y.; filed February 1, 1892,) 17 N. Y. Supp. 591. See, also, interesting note appended to Johnson v. Leman, (Ill. Sup., 23 N. E. Rep. 435,) 19 Amer. St. Rep. 67.
An exception taken to the denial of a motion for a new trial is not available on appeal from the city court of New York…
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