Cohen v. Shaine

The material facts found by the trial court are that the defendant employed the plaintiff as a broker to assist him in the purchase of a house of two tenements which he intended to occupy as a home.

The plaintiff directed the defendant’s attention to a house of this description which was occupied by one Fannie Sagalyn, supposed by the parties to be the owner. The defendant, being satisfied with the property, entered into a contract in writing to purchase it at an agreed price of $11,000, under conditions of payment which are not material, and on the same date gave to the plaintiff an…