Haviland v. Price
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from trial term. Action by John H. Haviland against Welcome B. Price to recover commissions alleged to have been earned by plaintiff’s assignors as brokers. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBookstaver, J.
This action was brought to recover commissions claimed to have been earned by plaintiff’s assignors, J. Romaine Brown & Co., in effecting the exchange of certain real estate. In May, 1890, defendant was the owner of a house and lot on Perry street, for which he asked $15,000, and which he had placed with Brown & Co. for sale at that price. This they were unable to accomplish, and subsequently they notified the defendant that a Mr. McKelvey, one of their clients, had a house and" lot on West Fifty-Sixth street, which could be exchanged at a valuation of $30,000. Afterwards the parties met by…
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