Hagedorn v. Lang
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Charles Hagedorn, from a judgment of the County Court of Kings county in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 30th day of March, 1898, upon the dismissal of his complaint by direction of the court after a trial before the court and a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The only question involved in this appeal is whether there was a contract for the sale of real estate, or a note or memorandum thereof in writing.
Mr. Brumley, as auctioneer, had advertised for sale at auction, on April 20, 1898, at the Real Estate Exchange in the borough of Brooklyn, four parcels of real property, among them the premises in question, No. 625 Prospect place, Brooklyn. A poster had been circulated which contained separate diagrams of the four parcels. The auctioneer testified that just before the sale he and the plaintiff, who was the vendor of the property,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mentz v. . NewwitterNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Parkhurst v. Van CortlandtNew York Court of Chancery · 1814
- Penniman v. HartshornMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1816
- Price v. DurinNew York Supreme Court · 1868
3Cited by4 opinions
- J. Spencer Turner Co. v. RobinsonAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1907
- S. W. Straus & Co. v. FelsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
- William J. Jenack Estate Appraisers & Auctioneers, Inc. v. RabizadehAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- William J. Jenack Estate Appraisers & Auctioneers, Inc. v. RabizadehAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012