Robinson v. Clock
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Morris Robinson, from a judgment of the Supreme Court .in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 12th day of March, 1897, upon the dismissal of the complaint'at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, by direction of the court after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J. :
This action was brought to recover broker’s commissions for services rendered in effecting an exchange of real estate. At the close of the evidence in behalf of the plaintiff it appeared that he had been employed, not only by the defendants, but by the other party to the exchange, from whom he had already received a payment by way of commission. It did not appear, however, that the plaintiff’s employment by this other party, or the fact that he was to receive compensation from that party, was known to the defendants. Upon this proof, the learned trial judge dismissed the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Knauss v. Gottfried Krueger Brewing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
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