Kostan v. Glasier

Plaintiff sued for commission for sale of real estate and from judgment of no cause for action appeals.

Each of the 2 defendants owned an undivided one-half interest in the property in question by the entireties with his wife. Plaintiff, a licensed real-estate broker, obtained authority from defendant Glasier to sell the property and, at the same time, learned from him that there were defects in the title and that the 2 wives had interests as tenants by the entireties. Glasier told plaintiff that he did not know whether the wife of defendant Grossman would agree to sell, that he would see her…