Lansing v. Bliss
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by Z. Douglass Lansing and others against Eliphalet W. Bliss to recover brokerage under an alleged employment of plaintiffs by defendant. From a judgment entered on a verdict directed by the court in favor of defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The complaint alleges, in substance, that the defendant, being desirous of selling his business, agreed with the plaintiffs and one Samuel S. Smoot that, if they would procure for him a purchaser at a satisfactory price, he would pay them $100,000 for their services; that the plaintiffs and Smoot 'did procure a purchaser, to whom defendant made a sale; that the defendant settled with Smoot, and paid to him $15,000 for his commissions, who released the defendant from any further indebtedness to him on account of the commissions agreed to be paid. These allegations are denied by the answer. On…
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