Lee E. Hartman & Co. v. Hecht

BOND, J.—

In this suit it appeared that the plaintiff, a broker, at the request of the owners of a piece of real property, the defendants, solicited purchasers and secured an offer of $12,-000 from Mr. Bernard J. Weisenfeld. The broker reported this offer to the owners, hut at the request of Mr. Weisenfeld withheld the. name of the prospective purchaser.

The offer was then refused by the owners, there being some testimony that it was considered too low, especially if commissions wore to be deducted; and the possibility of having the offer increased was discussed, and taken np by the plaintiff,…