Legal Opinion
Greene v. Hellman
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 21, 1980PublishedCited by 194 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
This appeal by the defendant Maynard Heilman comes to us in the context of a claim by plaintiff Alfred K. Greene, a real estate broker, who asserts he was wrongfully deprived of commissions due him on the sale of a shopping center owned by Heilman to I. Gordon Realty Corporation. Greene had been invited to procure a buyer for-the property by the defendant Richard E. Driscoll. A central issue is the applicability of the agency doctrine of apparent authority in determining whether the codefendant Driscoll’s arrangement with Greene was binding on Heilman.…
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