White v. Robinson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Douglas Robinson, Charles S. Brown Company, 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 31st day of January, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of January, 1912, as resettled, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.: .
This is an action by one real estate broker against another under the following circumstances:
Defendant was commissioned by a client, one Mrs. Haig, to sell a piece of real estate. It made a contract with plaintiff, to quote the complaint, “ that upon the acceptance of any offer of purchase obtained by plaintiff by the said Mrs. Haig, the defendant would divide equally with the plaintiff the usual and customary commission which it, the said defendant, would receive from the said Mrs. Haig, to wit, 1% on the said purchase price.” Although the plaintiff did, as he alleges, produce a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cook v. CaslerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- McCann v. SawyerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1894
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