Crombie v. . Waldo
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of Yew York, entered upon an order made January 11, 1892, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict, and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of Yew York, entered upon an order made January 11, 1892, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict, and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. This action was brought by plaintiffs to recover commissions claimed to have been earned by them as real estate brokers. • The plaintiffs were real estate brokers in the city of Yew York, and the defendant owned certain real estate in that city. In June, 1889, the plaintiffs undertook to procure for her a lease of the real estate by…
1Per curiam
The plaintiffs entered upon their employment to procure the school trustees to take a lease of the defendant’s premises and they cannot recover until they establish that they have earned their commissions either by. nego tiating a lease or procuring the execution of a valid and binding agreement for a lease. It is not sufficient that the trustees and the defendant were brought together in a negotiation unless that negotiation ended in a lease or a valid agreement for one. It is not claimed by the plaintiff that a lease of the premises by the trustees was effected. But the claim is that they…
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- Levy v. KottmanNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1895