Baumann v. Tannenbaum
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Adolph Baumann, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 13th day of January, 1908, setting aside the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff and granting a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Houghton, J.:.The plaintiff by his complaint alleged that he was employed by the defendant as a real estate broker to procure for him a customer for the"purchase or exchange of a certain brickyard ; that he pro-. *771cured parties ready and willing to exchange at defendant’s price for' other property at a price satisfactory to defendant, and that defendant subsequently refused to sign the contract whereby plaintiff had earned his commission. The answer was, in effect, a general denial.
On the trial the plaintiff proved the hiring, and that he procured parties willing to make an exchange, and that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gillies v. Manhattan Beach Improvement Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Butler Bros. v. HirzelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Butler Brothers v. . HirzelNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Rosenfeld v. Central Vermont Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
3Cited by4 opinions
- Rothschild v. HarrisCity of New York Municipal Court · 1910
- Webb v. FriedbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
- Bauman v. TannenbaumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- Bauman v. TannenbaumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908