Douglas Real Estate Management Corp. v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

In this suit by plaintiff Douglas Real Estate Management Corporation for commissions, the sole issue is whether that party performed the conditions of its brokerage contract with defendant Montgomery Ward & Co.

In 1947, the defendant leased an entire building on Broadway in the City of Albany for a period of 15 years. Some time later, it entered into a written agreement with the plaintiff whereby it employed the latter as managing agent to operate the premises and to negotiate new leases, including one with the State of New York which then occupied over 100,000 square feet under leases…