Mecum v. Mooyer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, C. Adelbert Becker, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 18th day of February, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury for $12,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 16th day of February, 1914, denying his motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
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Appeal by the defendant, C. Adelbert Becker, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 18th day of February, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury for $12,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 16th day of February, 1914, denying his motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. The defendant partners also appealed from the judgment, hut settled with the plaintiff before the hearing of the appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Laüghlik, J.:
This action was brought to recover damages for deceit in inducing the plaintiff to . exchange her house, known as No. 48 West Tenth street, in the borough of Manhattan, New York, for two apartment houses known as Nos. 2372-2374 Webster avenue, borough of The Bronx, which were owned by the appellant, and a recovery has been had for the difference between the actual value of the Webster avenue apartments and their value as it was claimed they represented it to plaintiff to be.
The defendants Mooyer and Marston constituted a firm- of real estate brokers employed by the plaintiff, but…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Van Slochem v. . VillardNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Ball v. GerardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Mecum v. BeckerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
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