Grening v. Malcom
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by Paul G. Grening against George Malcom to recover the value of services alleged to have been rendered by plaintiff to defendant. From an order granting a motion made on the minutes to set aside a verdict for $7,000 in favor of plaintiff, and for a new trial on the ground that the damages were excessive, and that the verdict was contrary to the evidence and contrary to the law, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The action was brought to recover $9,919.50, the value of plaintiff’s services rendered as a broker in obtaining for the defendant the sum of $150,000, which services consisted in promoting, organizing, and perfecting a brewery company, and in negotiating and selling certain of its securities. The performance of some service was admitted, the value alone being placed in dispute, and upon this issue as to the value of such services the question was submitted to the jury. The jury found in plaintiff’s favor for $7,000, which was then and there set aside, and a new trial ordered. It is from this…
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