Squires v. Penfield
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from City Court of New York, Trial Term. Action by Grant Squires against William W. Penfield. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, and an order denying a motion for a new trial,, defendant appeals.
1Dissent
WHITNEY, J. (dissenting).
The cause of action pleaded in the •complaint is that defendant “retained and employed this plaintiff to -examine the titles” to six parcels of land for mortgage loans, and -agreed to pay. $720 therefor, including the cost of title insurance and recording fees. The answer is a general denial. Defendant insisted "throughout the trial that plaintiff was acting, not as a lawyer, but as .a broker, and finally induced the trial judge to adopt that view. I think that the evidence shows that plaintiff was not in any sense a "broker, and that defendant at the time of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Landes v. HartAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909