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Levy v. Isaacs

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 16, 1955
285 App. Div. 1170 (N.Y. App. Div. 1955)

Opinion

May 16, 1955.


In an action by a broker to recover commissions for the sale of real property, pursuant to a written agreement, defendant (the former owner) appeals from an order upon reargument, denying his motion for judgment on the pleadings and for summary judgment. Order of the City Court of Mount Vernon modified by striking from the ordering paragraph everything following the word "defendant" and by substituting therefor the words "for judgment on the pleadings be and the same hereby is granted, and in all other respects denied." As so modified, order affirmed, with $10 costs and disbursements to appellant. The complaint alleges that plaintiff was employed as the "sole and exclusive agent" of defendant for the sale of defendant's property. This created an exclusive agency as distinguished from an exclusive right of sale. Under an exclusive agency agreement, an owner may make a sale himself, without the broker's aid, and, if the sale is made in good faith to a purchaser not procured by the broker, the owner does not become liable for commissions to the broker. ( Werner v. Eurich, 263 App. Div. 744; Slattery v. Cothran, 210 App. Div. 581, and cases cited therein.) Plaintiff does not allege that he procured the purchaser or participated in any manner, directly or indirectly, in the negotiations. Nolan, P.J., Wenzel, MacCrate, Beldock and Ughetta, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Levy v. Isaacs

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 16, 1955
285 App. Div. 1170 (N.Y. App. Div. 1955)
Case details for

Levy v. Isaacs

Case Details

Full title:HARRY LEVY, Respondent, v. THEODORE H. ISAACS, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: May 16, 1955

Citations

285 App. Div. 1170 (N.Y. App. Div. 1955)

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