Baker v. Cooper
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Reargument of an appeal by the defendants, Elizabeth G. Cooper and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 24th day of November, 1920, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Westchester Special Term. (See 201 App. Div. 855.)
1Opinion of the Court
Manning, J.:
The plaintiff, Edward P. Baker, was a real estate broker and agent in the city of Yonkers, N. Y., and the defendant Elizabeth G. Cooper was the owner of certain real estate known as Nos. 174, 178 and 180 Riverdale avenue, Yonkers, N. Y. The plaintiff, Baker, had been handling the property of the defendant Cooper prior to December 17, 1919, and at this time and for a long time prior thereto the property in question was heavily incumbered by mortgages, upon which interest had accrued and had not been paid, and certain arrears of taxes were also due and unpaid. The mortgages in…
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