Crasto v. White
New York Supreme Court
Action by Frank P. Crasto against Richard White for commissions alleged to have been earned in procuring a loan for defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtLawrence, J.
I am of the opinion that the order for the examination of the witnesses Christopher and Sophia Wray should be vacated and set aside. To entitle a broker, employed to obtain a loan, to commissions it is only necessary for him to show that he has procured a party willing to make the loan upon the terms named, and who is sufficiently responsible. If, for any reason, after the parties have been brought together, the negotiations between them are broken off, and the loan is not perfected, the right of the broker to his commissions is not forfeited, as he does not stand in the attitude of a…
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