Thoens v. J. A. Kennedy Realty Corp.

Does, J. P.

Plaintiff, conducting a real estate brokerage business, sues defendant, lessee of improved real property in Jamaica, Long Island, N. Y., for brokerage commissions claimed to be due plaintiff from defendant because plaintiff at defendant’s request procured an oral meeting of the minds of the parties involved on all essential terms of a proposed sublease of the property and thereafter defendant arbitrarily refused to continue with the transaction. After trial before the court and a jury, defendant appeals from judgment in plaintiff’s favor entered on the jury’s verdict for $25,000.

Def…