Briggs v. Rowe
New York Court of Appeals
This action was brought in the City Court of Brooklyn, to recover a commission of one per cent upon $14,000, for the sale of a house and lot belonging to the defendant, by the plaintiffs. • The complaint sets up employment of the plaintiffs by the defendant; that they procured a sale to be made for $14,000, which defendant ratified; that their services were worth $140, etc. The answer is a general denial. The plaintiffs have once had a verdict.
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This action was brought in the City Court of Brooklyn, to recover a commission of one per cent upon $14,000, for the sale of a house and lot belonging to the defendant, by the plaintiffs. • The complaint sets up employment of the plaintiffs by the defendant; that they procured a sale to be made for $14,000, which defendant ratified; that their services were worth $140, etc. The answer is a general denial. The plaintiffs have once had a verdict. The action was again tried July 8, 1862. The court ordered judgment of nonsuit, on the ground that the plaintiffs had not proved a case sufficient to…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodruff, J.
The testimony given on the trial tended to prove, that in June, 1857, the defendant employed Sylvester Hondlow, a real estate broker, to sell the house and lot Ho. 43 Pierrepont street, in the city of Brooklyn, with coach-house attached, and left with him the keys of the house. Hondlow placed thereon a notice or bill, For Sale — inquire of S. Hondlow & Co.”
That in the end of January, or in February, 1858, Mrs. Sarah Ravenhill called upon Hondlow, and'inquired if he had any houses to rent, and the subject of buying was mentioned. He directed her to others. She wished a coach-house attached to…
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