Knapp v. . Wallace
New York Court of Appeals
This is an appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the Hew York Common Pleas, affirming a judgment in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant, upon the report of a referee.
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This is an appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the Hew York Common Pleas, affirming a judgment in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant, upon the report of a referee. The action was brought by the plaintiff as the assignee of Daniel Messmore, a real estate broker, to recover under an agreement between Messmore and the defendant, by which the latter agreed to pay the former the sum of one per cent upon the price, if he would introduce him, the defendant, to the seller of certain real'property in Hew York. The referee found that the.defendant employed Daniel Messmore, in the…
1Opinion of the CourtLott, J.
This action was brought in the Court of Common Pleas of New York, by the plaintiff, as the assignee of Daniel Messmore, to recover compensation for services rendered by him to the defendant under a special contract in the purchase of two houses and lots in the city of New York.
The referee, to whom the issues were referred for trial, found in favor of the plaintiff, and the judgment rendered on his decision was affirmed by the General Term of that court.
It is therefore, conclusive on this court upon the questions of fact, and I find no ground for the reversal of the judgment for errors of law.
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