Williams & Co. v. Groveville Corp.

This action was brought by a broker to recover commissions allegedly earned in negotiating a lease between the defendant corporation, owner of certain premises in the city of Beacon, New York, and plaintiffs client, Pilgrim Piece Dye Works, Inc. In plaintiff’s bill of particulars the terms of its employment are described as a duty to procure a lease “ at such rental and upon such terms and conditions as might thereafter be agreed upon between the defendants and the lessee procured by the plaintiff.” On a similar hiring it has already been decided (Arnold v. Schmeidler, 144 App. Div. 420, 427)…