Case Name: KAMPF v. DREYER et al.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1907-04-26
Citations: 103 N.Y.S. 962
Docket Number: 
Parties: KAMPF v. DREYER et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 103
Pages: 962–963

Head Matter:
(119 App. Div. 134)
KAMPF v. DREYER et al.
(Supreme Oourt, Appellate Division, Second Department.
April 26, 1907.)
Bbokebs—Right to Compensation—Failuee to Complete Contbact.
A broker, employed by the owner of land to secure a purchaser for it, produced two persons, who obtained a written agreement from the owner to sell the land to them, but did not sign the agreement, and afterwards refused to take a deed. Held, that the broker was not entitled to a commission.
[Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 8, Brokers, § 97.]
Appeal from Trial Term, Kings County.
Action by Abraham Kampf against Annie Mary Dreyer and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
Argued before HIRSCHBERG, P. J., and WOODWARD, JENKS, HOOKER, and GAYNOR, JJ.
Robert P. Beyer, for appellant.
Herman Elfers, for respondents.

Opinion:
GAYNOR, J.
The defendants employed a real estate agent to secure a purchaser of their land, and this is an action for his commission. He did not procure a purchaser. He brought to the defendants two persons who obtained from them a written agreement to sell the land to such persons, but the latter signed no agreement, and afterwards refused to sign an agreement or take a deed.
The judgment should be affirmed.
Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs. All concur.