Du Bois v. Mullins
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Seventh District. Action by Charles A. Du Bois and another, doing business under the firm name and style of Du Bois & Taylor, against Kathleen L. Mullins. From a judgment of the Municipal Court for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. Reversed, and new trial ordered.
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
The action was to recover for the agreed value of the _ plaintiffs’ services as brokers. The defendant requested the plaintiffs to obtain a loan for her of $1,500 upon the security of a second mortgage upon vacant lots in the borough of Brooklyn. Mr. Du Bois inspected the property, and on his recommendation his wife agreed to make the loan from her separate estate. On December 22, 1911, Mr. Taylor reported to the defendant that he had obtained a person who would make the loan and that the expense would be $275, to- cover everything. Thereupon a written application for the loan, upon…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Finck v. MenkeAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1900
3Cited by2 opinions
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