Cohen v. Hershfield
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from second district court. Action by Marks Cohen against Bertha Hershfield. There was judgment, for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
Plaintiff, a real-estate broker, was employed as such by oneBlumberg to sell the latter’s house, No. 306 Henry street, in the city of New York, and acting in pursuance of such employment he procured a purchaser in the person of the defendant. Thereafter, as plaintiff claims, the defendant, conspiring with her brother, one Lappart, to cheat and defraud him out of his commissions from Blumberg, concealed the fact that she became such purchaser through the efforts and instrumentality of the plaintiff, and falsely and fraudulently, and with intent thereby to deceive him, and to induce him to pay…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Taylor v. . GuestNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Butterworth v. . GouldNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
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