Legal Opinion
Williams v. Heckscher
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided December 10, 1925PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChurchill, J.
Plaintiff sues for commissions claimed to have been earned in effecting a lease of defendants’ real property. The agreement for his employment and compensation was oral. The complaint was dismissed at the close of plaintiff’s case, the court having been of the opinion that the agreement was within the Statute of Frauds (Pers. Prop. Law, § 31). The contention is that the agreement was one which, by its terms, was not to be performed within one year from the time when it was made.
The lease which plaintiff procured was made on February 13, 1917. It was for the term of five years commencing May…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Orr v. . Doubleday, Page Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Kent v. . KentNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
3Cited by5 opinions
- Spivak v. Madison-54th Realty Co.New York Supreme Court · 1969
- Mitchnik v. BrennanCity of New York Municipal Court · 1936
- Bashein v. 2682 Broadway, Inc.City of New York Municipal Court · 1942
- Gurney v. Benderson Development Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- Mullen & Woods, Inc. v. 615 West 57th Street, Inc.City of New York Municipal Court · 1932