Pescia v. Societa Co-Operativa Corleonese Francesco Bentivegna
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal 'by the defendant, Soeieta Oo-Operativa Oorleonese Francesco Bentivegna, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 8th day of June, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 18th day of June, 1903, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J. :
There is evidence in this case that the plaintiffs are real estate brokers; that the defendant, through its officers, came to them and requested them to find some real estate which the corporation might purchase, and that the plaintiffs were instrumental in selling to the ■defendant certain premises known as 320-322 One Hundred and Thirteenth street, Hew York, for which the vendor allowed them commissions aggregating something over $500 ; that at the time the •defendant took title to the premises the plaintiffs, at the solicitation •of the defendant, turned over to the latter…
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