Brown v. Barse
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Mills W. Barse, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor .of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 25th day of November, 1895,. upon the verdict of a jury rendered after a trial at the Kings County Circuit, and also from an order entered in. said clerk’s office on the 21st day of November, 1895, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
This is an action to recover commissions on a sale of $51,000 par value of the bonds of the Adirondack League Club. The plaintiff testified to his employment by defendant as a broker to negotiate a sale, and an agreement for compensation of five per cent of the par value of the bonds. Evidence was given tending to show that the plaintiff induced Dr. Hoagland to purchase the bonds. The defendant denied his employment of the plaintiff. The case was submitted to the jury on two questions : The 'employment of the plaintiff, and whether the plaintiff had effected the salé. By their…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Brown v. BarseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896