Donovan v. . Weed
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered August 3, 1903, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered August 3, 1903, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The court erred in refusing to charge that the defendants had the right to termínate the employment of the plaintiff at any time if the plaintiff did not within a reasonable time procure a purchaser of the property. (Gerding v. Haskins, 141 N. Y. 519; Hay v. Platt, 66…
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, Ch. J.
The action was brought to recover commissions for services_as a broker in effecting the sale of a tract of wild lands in St. Lawrence county. The answer put in issue all the allegations of the complaint except the defendants’ ownership and the sale of the lands mentioned therein. As 'the affirmance below was unanimous, the only exceptions which can be reviewed by this court are those taken on rulings of evidence and on the charge. It is, therefore, unnecessary to refer to the details of the evidence given to support the contentions of the parties, except so far as to present the…
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