Lewin v. Hecht
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Aaron Hecht, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of January, 1917, denying his motion for judgment on the pleadings, consisting of a complaint and answer.
1Opinion of the Court
Davis, J.:
The action is to recover broker’s commissions claimed to have been earned by plaintiff’s assignor in procuring a purchaser for $1,000,000 par value of stock of a corporation to be formed.
The complaint alleges that the defendant employed plaintiff’s assignor to aid him in the forming of a corporation to take over the business of the Thomson Electric Welding Company and the American Electric Welding Company and requested plaintiff’s assignor to procure the necessary capital for the new company by securing a purchaser for $1,000,000 *107par value seven per cent cumulative preferred shares…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dotson v. MillikenSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Schweid v. StorandtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- Schweid v. . StorandtNew York Court of Appeals · 1916