Legal Opinion
Baker v. Thomas
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided January 15, 1895Published
Appeal from judgment .entered on the verdict of a jury, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial..
1Opinion of the CourtConlan, J.
This action was brought to récóvér commissions as broker on a sale of real estate. The complaint alleges and the answer admits that one William H. Simonson Was the authorized agent of the defendant in the matter of effecting a sale of certain real property of defendant known and designated as Ho. 52 West One Hundred and Fifth street in the city of Hew York..
As such agent, authority to employ a broker may be-presumed.
The evidence shows that the plaintiff was a real estate broker, and that early in October, 1893, he received a communication in the following .words :
“Hew York, October Qth, 1898.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sibbald v. . the Bethlehem Iron CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Gerding v. . HaskinNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- People v. LottNew York Supreme Court · 1855