New York Supreme Court, 1927

Irving H. Wolfe & Co. v. Chasmore Construction Co.

Irving H. Wolfe & Co. v. Chasmore Construction Co.
New York Supreme Court · Decided March 25, 1927
129 Misc. 215; 220 N.Y.S. 682; 1927 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 872

Counsel

S. F. & J. F. Katz [Jerome F. Katz of counsel], for the appellant., Samuel Ecker, for the respondent. ^

Irving H. Wolfe & Co. v. Chasmore Construction Co.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Defendant could not defeat plaintiff’s right to commissions by attempting to insert in the proposed contract new and onerous provisions not originally furnished as terms of sale or exchange. The broker cannot be penalized for the failure of defendant. (Glaser v. Eisen Realty Co., Inc., 187 N. Y. Supp. 171; Davidson v. Stocky, 202 N. Y. 423; Tanenbaum v. Boehm, Id. 293; Brand v. Nagle, 122 App. Div. 490; Goodman v. Hess, 56 Misc. 482; Halprin v. Schachne, 27 id. 195.)

Judgment reversed and a new trial ordered, with thirty dollars costs to appellant to abide the event.

All concur; present, Lydon, Levy and Crain, JJ.

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