Israel v. Wood Dolson Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
We are required to determine whether under the rule of res judicata a prior judgment estops plaintiff from establishing against defendant Gross a fact necessary to the maintenance of this action, viz., the breach of a certain contract by codefendant Wood Dolson Company, Inc.
The action, as it now stands, is one against defendant Gross for inducing defendant Wood Dolson Company, Inc., to breach its contract to pay plaintiff a share of the brokerage commissions on the sale of a parcel of real estate.
*720■ The plaintiff instituted this action against both Wood Dolson and Gross, alleging a first cause…
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