New York Court of Appeals, 1928

St. John v. Fulton Market Realty Corporation

St. John v. Fulton Market Realty Corporation
New York Court of Appeals · Decided July 19, 1928
162 N.E. 555; 248 N.Y. 636; 1928 N.Y. LEXIS 1463 (North Eastern Reporter)

St. John v. Fulton Market Realty Corporation

Opinion of the Court

Judgment affirmed, with costs. Held, that the apparent authority of the president of the corporation to employ a broker to sell real property is not dependent upon the *637 existence of authority on his part to enter into a binding contract for the sale thereof.

Concur: Cardozo, Ch. J., Pound, Crane, Andrews, Lehman, Kellogg and O’Brien, JJ.

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