Rockwell v. Hurst
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from city court, general term. Action by William Rockwell and Charles J. Pearson against Thomas D. Hurst. Defendant appeals from a judgment of the general term of the city court affirming a judgment of that court entered on the verdict of a jury for plaintiffs for $540, and affirming an order denying a motion for a new trial.
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Appeal from city court, general term. Action by William Rockwell and Charles J. Pearson against Thomas D. Hurst. Defendant appeals from a judgment of the general term of the city court affirming a judgment of that court entered on the verdict of a jury for plaintiffs for $540, and affirming an order denying a motion for a new trial. At the trial, on cross-examination of one of the plaintiffs, he was asked what defendant agreed to pay them for, and what was said by defendant in regard to their compensation for, their services; to which plaintiffs’ counsel objected, on the ground that the…
1Opinion of the CourtDaly, C. J.
The defendant employed plaintiffs, upon a promised compensation of $500, to procure a party who would furnish' the necessary money to erect such a factory as the defendant needed for his business, on certain lots of land in Brooklyn; stipulating, however, that the terms of the transaction should be satisfactory to him. The plaintiffs thereupon procured a party who was able and willing to furnish the money for the required purpose, and introduced him to the defendant, with whom, and the latter’s agent, he had some preliminary conferences concerning the cost of the building, estimates *292for that…
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- Sibbald v. . the Bethlehem Iron CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Gallagher v. . NicholsNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Risley v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
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- Kenneth v. NewgoldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918