Legal Opinion
Marjorie Hausman Realty Co. v. Klaver
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 28, 1999PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover a real estate brokerage commission, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Feuerstein, J.), dated July 7, 1998, which denied their motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (5) and (7).
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
On June 29, 1997, 93-year-old Belle Kaplan, who is now deceased, signed a handwritten “binder” agreeing to sell her house in Lawrence, New York, to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reich for $800,000 “contingent upon [her] lawyer’s…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Guggenheimer v. GinzburgNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Rusciano Realty Services, Ltd. v. GrifflerNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Blaufeux v. PaznikAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Adams v. O'ConnorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- CD Music Co. v. Bassline, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Kaplon-Belo Associates, Inc. v. D'AngeloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Crifasi Real Estate, Inc. v. Harv Enterprises, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Norma Reynolds Realty, Inc. v. MiralAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- Prudential Wykagyl/Rittenberg Realty v. Calabria-MaherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003