Jacobs v. Beyer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Matthew Jacobs, from. a-judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 8th day of March, 1910, "upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after 3 trial at the Kings County Tidal Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
This action is brought by an assignee to recover broker’s commissions. It presents the question whether a broker who has been employed to effect an exchange of properties on terms satisfactory to the owner thereof may recover commissions for his services where he has, without knowledge of such person, also accepted employment from the other party to the transaction, who has agreed .to pay to him commissions for the services rendered to him.
Long ago the rule was formulated that “Ho man can serve two masters.” That rule has become a part of the law of principal arid agent, the. force…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Walker v. OsgoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
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