Ranger v. Lee
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, seventh district, borough of Manhattan, rendered in favor of the plaintiff after a trial by the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitney, J.
Plaintiff is a real estate broker. On Tuesday, December 1, 1908, he obtained authority to negotiate *145for the sale of a piece of real property. After active negotiations he obtained, on Thursday, an oral agreement for a sale to two brothers named Kempner. The terms were $52,250, “ all cash over the mortgage.” Except this reference to a mortgage, nothing was said by anybody in plaintiff’s conversation, either with the seller or the buyer, as to whether there were any incumbrances upon the land. Late Thursday afternoon plaintiff called on defendant’s attorney for the purpose of having the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kitching v. . BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Weibler v. CookAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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