Van Vliet & Place, Inc. v. Gaines

The plaintiff is a domestic corporation licensed as a real estate broker, pursuant to the laws of the State of New York. On April 27, 1923, the decedent, Martha A. Gaines, was the owner of a parcel of real property, consisting of an apartment house, situate at the corner of Jane street and Eighth avenue in the borough of Manhattan, New York city. On that day the plaintiff addressed to the Estate of Abigail A. Huyler, in the care of Mr. Thomas J. Gaines, a letter, being under the impression that said estate was the owner of the real property in question, asking whether the owner would be…