Zakszewski v. Kurovitzky

This is an action of contract by a real estate broker to recover a commission. The defendant asked the plaintiff to sell his house. If “plaintiff got $6,200 for the house defendant was to pay him $200.” The plaintiff introduced one Iwanowski to the defendant and the terms of the sale were discussed. There was “ a cooperative bank mortgage ” on the premises. The defendant “ was to take this off ” and place as large a savings bank mortgage as he could, and was to receive $1,000 in cash and take a second mortgage for the balance. There was evidence that the defendant stated that the plaintiff…