Cole v. Kosch
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Harry G. Kosch, from a judgment of the County Court of Westchester county in favor of plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 2d day of March, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 2d day of April, 1906, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
The action is to recover broker’s commissions on the sale of land. The title was in Kosch for himself and Mrs. Coffin, and the latter’s husband had charge of the property for the owners. In August, 1905, the land had been listed with the plaintiffs as real estate brokers who had set up a sign upon it. In that month Humphreys *716came to the plaintiffs and asked them to ascertain the owner’s terms. Within a day or two Coffin and Humphreys were brought together by plaintiffs, and the land was inspected by the three men. Humphreys asked for an option of $13,000 and commissions over Labor…
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