Baumann v. Nevins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
- Appeal by the defendant, Thomas Nevins, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of February, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 18th day of February, 1899, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
This action was brought to recover commissions claimed by the plaintiff for procuring a contract for the exchange of certain property of the defendant at the corner of Fifth avenue and One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street, New York city, for a farm situated at Bound Brook, Somerset county, N. J. The answer of the defendant consisted of a general denial, and a separate defense to the effect that the persons procured by the plaintiff to make the said contract with the defendant were never able to complete the same.
It-is claimed upon the part of the appellant that there having…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Condict v. . CowdreyNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
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