Douglass v. Halstead
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by John L. Douglass against John F. Halstead to recover • commissions alleged to have been earned by plaintiff in effecting ■ a sale of real estate for defendant. The complaint was dismissed ■ on the merits, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The referee’s report in pursuance of which the judgment now before this court was rendered asserts among its findings of fact that the plaintiff, Douglass, was not the producing cause of the sale of certain premises, known as “153 Broadway,” by the defendant to the Singer Manufacturing Company; and "further that the plaintiff, Douglass, was never employed by the • defendant to sell the property. It was for the usual commissions • of a real-estate broker for such sale that the claim was made upon the receiver of the Firemen’s Insurance Company, the denial of which eventuated in this…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lloyd v. . MatthewsNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Gerding v. . HaskinNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
3Cited by1 opinion
- Markus v. KenneallyAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1897