Goldshear v. Barron
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the City Court of the city of New York, rendered in favor of the defendant for the dismissal of the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtBisohofp, J.
The plaintiff’s assignor, Turner, introduced to the defendant one Albert T. Otto upon the defendant’s promise that, if a sale or lease of his property grew out of the introduction, Turner should receive a commission, performance upon the part of the latter involving no services beyond and after the introduction itself.
From this introduction a lease resulted, followed a year later by a sale, the lessee and the vendee being corporations *199each controlled and practically owned by Otto, and the evidence would have justified a finding by the jury that the agreed commission had been earned upon the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Barr v. New York, Lake Erie & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Koster v. PainAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Miller v. Union Switch & Signal Co.New York Supreme Court · 1891
3Cited by1 opinion
- Carvill v. Mirror Films, Inc.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1917