Sussdorff v. . Schmidt

This action is for brokerage upon the sale of valuable real estate situated on Long Island.

The plaintiff claimed $50,000 as agreed compensation, and the principal points litigated were whether such agreement had been made or whether the plaintiff was in fact the efficient cause of the sale. The jury found against the special agreement, but found for the plaintiff a verdict which allowed him a commission, probably of two and a half per cent upon the amount of the sale. Upon the close of the plaintiff's evidence, the defendants moved for a nonsuit upon the ground that the plaintiff had not…