Steele v. Lippman
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Second District. Action by Henry R. Steele against Jacob Lippman. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Reversed, and new trial ordered.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
This is an action upon a claim by a broker for commissions alleged to have been earned upon an authorization from defendant to procure a mortgage loan upon certain premises in the city of New York. The authorization was subsequently revoked, but the plaintiff claims that before the revocation the broker had procured and produced a person who was ready, able, and willing to make such a mortgage loan, and that the defendant has repudiated his contract, and refuses to accept the mortgage loan, which he has procured.
The plaintiff, at the trial, was not allowed to introduce in evidence a…
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- Teron v. SheridanCity of New York Municipal Court · 1901
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