Phillips v. Kraft
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Samuel Phillips, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the defendants, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
This action is to recover fifty dollars, alleged to have been earned by the plaintiff as a real estate broker in procuring a purchaser .©.f the defendants’ house and lot.
On August 13, 1903, the plaintiff, at the re’quest of the defendants, brought to them a prospective purchaser of the premises in question; and, after the payment of the required deposit, the defendants signed the following receipt:
“ Aug. 13 / 09.
• “Rec’d of Mr. Jos. Blaustein Fifty dollars deposit on house Ho. 401-14th St. The price is ($4400.) forty-four' hundred dollars. Fifteen hundred ($1500.) Cash, and the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sibbald v. . the Bethlehem Iron CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
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- Neuer v. JaffeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917