Case Name: Hugh W. Murphy, Inc., Respondent, v. Commonwealth Associates, Inc., and Fairbank Realty Corporation, Appellants, and Others, Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1939-10-31
Citations: 258 A.D. 752
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hugh W. Murphy, Inc., Respondent, v. Commonwealth Associates, Inc., and Fairbank Realty Corporation, Appellants, and Others, Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 258
Pages: 752–752

Head Matter:
Hugh W. Murphy, Inc., Respondent, v. Commonwealth Associates, Inc., and Fairbank Realty Corporation, Appellants, and Others, Defendants.

Opinion:
In an action for brokerage commissions, judgment in favor of plaintiff and order denying appellants' motion to set aside the judgment and for a new' trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence affirmed, with costs. Hagarty, Carswell, Johnston and Close, JJ., concur; Taylor, J., dissents as to affirmance of judgment and votes to reverse and grant a new trial; and, as to the appeal from the order denying appellants' motion for a new trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence, votes to dismiss the appeal, since, in Ms view, it has become academic.