Bernstein v. Lispenard Realty Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal taken by the defendant from a judgment for $120.11 damages and costs, rendered after a trial in favor of the plaintiff in the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, ninth district, borough of Manhattan, in an action for services rendered.
1Opinion of the CourtGildersleeve, J.
The facts are substantially as follows, according to plaintiff’s evidence, which the court was warranted in believing, viz.: The plaintiff is an attorney-at-law, and the services were rendered in a legal capacity. Sometime in December, 1905, Messrs. Wilson, Goss and Rieser decided to associate themselves for the purpose of acquiring unimproved real estate and of building apartment houses *274thereon. A Mr. Jencks, of No. 100 Broadway, who is a building loan man and the active head of the Commonwealth Mortgage Company, submitted to them a parcel of property situated oh Riverside Drive, the title-…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Olcott v. . Tioga Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- Fister v. La RueNew York Supreme Court · 1853
- Davies v. Harvey Steel Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Burden v. BurdenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896