Goldin v. Shankroff

Judgment unanimously reversed upon the law, with thirty dollars costs to appellant, and complaint dismissed, with appropriate costs in the court below.

Plaintiff was not a licensed broker at the time of rendering the services in question. Under sections 440-442-1 of the Real Property Law (as added by Laws of 1922, chap. 672) it is made a crime for a person to render services as a broker for compensation without being licensed. By thus violating the law, plaintiff could not obtain a right to commissions. (Morgan Munitions Co. v. Stude*823baker Corporation, 226 N. Y. 94, 99.) That plaintiff was not…