Chandler v. Sutton
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of this court entered on the verdict of a jury. Action to recover broker’s commission on the sale of the-house and lot 45 East 34th street, in the city of New York, the' plaintiff claiming as assignee of the firm of Abner L. Ely. Defendant denied the employment of plaintiffs’ assignors,, as well as the rendering of any services. Plaintiffs had a verdict for $695 08, and a motion for a new trial was denied.
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Appeal by defendant from a judgment of this court entered on the verdict of a jury. Action to recover broker’s commission on the sale of the-house and lot 45 East 34th street, in the city of New York, the' plaintiff claiming as assignee of the firm of Abner L. Ely. Defendant denied the employment of plaintiffs’ assignors,, as well as the rendering of any services. Plaintiffs had a verdict for $695 08, and a motion for a new trial was denied. The facts are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
This is one of the various cases growing out of the impudent and persistent claims of brokers in intervening in the sale of real estate of parties who had in no way solicited their interference or encouraged their intermeddling with their affairs, and who seek a recovery, upon mere technical grounds of their agency in the transaction having been in some way recognized, to recover commissions on the transaction. The defendant, owner of a house and lot in this city, being in California in September, 1870, received a telegram from his son in New York, prompted by inquiry by one of the…
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