Von Dorn v. Crary
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by defendant, Roscoe Crary, from a judgment of the Supreme Court, as amended, in favor of the plaintiffs and against him individually, entered in the New York county clerk’s office July 2, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury and upon a verdict directed for the defendant Dare Lumber Company, and upon a verdict rendered for the defendant East Lake Lumber Company, and also from an order entered July 23, 1919, denying defendant Crary’s motion for a new trial.
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Appeal by defendant, Roscoe Crary, from a judgment of the Supreme Court, as amended, in favor of the plaintiffs and against him individually, entered in the New York county clerk’s office July 2, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury and upon a verdict directed for the defendant Dare Lumber Company, and upon a verdict rendered for the defendant East Lake Lumber Company, and also from an order entered July 23, 1919, denying defendant Crary’s motion for a new trial. Judgment and order affirmed, with costs.
1Dissent
Greenbaum, J. (dissenting):
The action was brought by the plaintiffs to recover $50,000 as brokers’ commissions alleged to have been earned by them in producing and introducing one George F. Montgomery, who was ready, able and willing to purchase and who did purchase for the sum of $1,000,000, 186,000 acres of land with timber thereon located near Elizabeth City in North Carolina, owned by the defendant East Lake Lumber Company and a sawmill and equipment located at Elizabeth City in North Carolina owned by the defendant Dare Lumber Company. The defendant Roscoe Crary was the president of the…
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