Esmond v. Kingsley
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Onondaga county. Action by Joseph Esmond against Lucia 0. Kingsley. Defendant appeals from a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This was an action to recover the plaintiff’s commission, as a real-estate broker, for the sale of a house and lot situated in the city of Syracuse. The plaintiff claimed, and on the trial introduced evidence which tended to show, that the defendant’s husband was her agent; that he, in the presence of the defendant, employed the plaintiff to sell the property in question for an agreed commission of 2 per cent.; that, in pursuance of such employment, the plaintiff made diligent efforts to sell the property to several persons, among whom was one Danziger; that he had several negotiations with…
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