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Burke v. Pfeffer

Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Feb 1, 1901
34 Misc. 774 (N.Y. App. Term 1901)

Opinion

February, 1901.

David B. King (Clarence P. Morse, of counsel), for appellant.

Edward A. Pfeffer, for respondent.


It appears from the evidence that the plaintiff, who is a real estate broker, submitted an offer of $12,000 to the defendant, and that the latter, on the following day, in the absence of the plaintiff, sold the property for the same price to a person, whom the plaintiff claims was his customer. The plaintiff, however, failed to establish that the sale was effected through his agency, as its procuring cause, or that he was the means of bringing the parties together, or that his efforts were instrumental in producing the sale. Whether the defendant had prior negotiations with the same person is not disclosed by the record. On the meagre testimony adduced, too much is left to conjecture. The complaint was properly dismissed and the judgment should be affirmed.

ANDREWS, P.J., and BLANCHARD, J., concur.

Judgment affirmed, with costs.


Summaries of

Burke v. Pfeffer

Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Feb 1, 1901
34 Misc. 774 (N.Y. App. Term 1901)
Case details for

Burke v. Pfeffer

Case Details

Full title:FRANCIS ST. JOHN BURKE, Appellant, v . FRANK PFEFFER, Respondent

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Term

Date published: Feb 1, 1901

Citations

34 Misc. 774 (N.Y. App. Term 1901)