William P. Rae Co. v. Kane
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants from a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 9th day of June, 1908, in favor of the plaintiff, and also from an order entered in said office on the 12th day of June, 1908, denying their motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Rich, J.:
This action was brought to recover a broker’s commission for the sale of land. It has been here once before,* and must be again reversed because the learned trial justice in his charge to the jury enkrely ignored the doctrine that the duty assumed by a broker is to bring the minds of the buyer and seller to an agreement for a sale, and the price and terms under which it is to be made, and that until that is done his right to commissions does not accrue. (Sibbald, v. Bethlehem Iron Co., 83 N. Y. 378.) The appellants also insist that ijhe general tone of the charge was so prejudicial…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sibbald v. . the Bethlehem Iron CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
3Cited by1 opinion
- Applebaum v. WitbeckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931