Cohen v. Farley
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment for costs rendered in favor of the defendant in the seventh district, Municipal Court, borough of Manhattan.
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, P. J.
The plaintiff brought this action for a commission, claimed by him to have been earned as a broker in procuring a purchaser for certain premises owned by the defendant.
The material facts in the case are undisputed. The plaintiff was authorized by the defendant to procure a purchaser for certain premises owned by the defendant, for which the defendant agreed to pay plaintiff the sum of 1 per cent, commission.
*169To enable the plaintiff to effect a sale the defendant stated to the plaintiff, that the lot to be sold was twenty-three feet wide by one hundred feet deep. He also gave to the plaintiff a…
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