Howard v. McCredie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, James McCredie, from a judgment of the County Court of the county of Albany in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 14th day of February, 1921, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 19th day of February, 1921, denying defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
Plaintiffs are real estate brokers and bring this action to recover commissions for their services in selling for the defendant certain real estate in the city of Albany. The property had been for several years in the hands of another broker named Douglas. Augustus Ziehm, who eventually became the purchaser of the property, and his son, Fred Ziehm, had on different occasions prior to April, 1920, interviewed Douglas concerning it but their interviews never proceeded further than securing the amount of the selling price which was $35,000. After those interviews and about April 1,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Veasey v. CarsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
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