Suburban Abstract Corporation v. Bernard

Full title: SUBURBAN ABSTRACT CORPORATION, Respondent, v. PIERRE A. BERNARD, Appellant

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

Date published: May 1, 1936

248 App. Div. 609 (N.Y. App. Div. 1936)

Opinion

May, 1936.

In an action to recover for services in examining and reading titles to real property, judgment in plaintiff's favor reversed on the law, with costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs, on the ground that the evidence discloses that defendant acted only as agent, and does not disclose that defendant intended to substitute, or to superadd his personal liability for, or to, that of the principal. ( Hall v. Lauderdale, 46 N.Y. 70, 74.) Lazansky, P.J., Young, Davis, Johnston and Adel, JJ., concur.