Phinney v. Chesebro
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Denison P. Chesebro and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 21st day of March, 1903, upon,the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 24th day of March, 1903, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The defendants were the owners of a piece of property in the city of Hew York, upon which they were erecting a building to be used as a hotel. They placed this property in the hands of several real estate brokers to be leased or sold. The plaintiffs, as brokers, negotiated a lease of the building to Mr. Knott for fifteen years, at a rental of $9,250 a year, and for negotiating this lease the plaintiffs were paid by the defendants their commission, amounting to $1,387.50. At the time the property was placed in the plaintiffs’ hands the defendants had authorized them to either…
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