Mullen & Woods, Inc. v. 615 West 57th Street, Inc.

The question is whether the plaintiff, a real estate broker, can recover here commission on a renewed term of a lease where the promise to pay such commission was oral.

The landlord had a long term lease of these and adjoining premises, and, in 1928, sublet to a tenant, procured by the plaintiff, under a lease, the original term of which was three years and two months, to expire May 1, 1931. This sublease contained a provision for a renewal for ten years additional, provided the tenant should, at the end of the original term, have duly performed all terms and conditions on his part to be…