Case Name: Diedrick Scheffer, Respondent, v. John H. Plate, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1924-05-13
Citations: 238 N.Y. 574
Docket Number: 
Parties: Diedrick Scheffer, Respondent, v. John H. Plate, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 238
Pages: 574–574

Head Matter:
Diedrick Scheffer, Respondent, v. John H. Plate, Appellant.
Vendor and purchaser —■ contract ■ — ■ principal and agent — authority óf agent to sign contract for sale of real property.
Scheffer v. Plate, 208 App. Div. 791, affirmed.
(Argued April 14, 1924;
decided May 13, 1924.)
Appeal, by permission, .from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered February 13, 1924, unanimously affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The action was to compel specific performance of an alleged contract to sell and convey real property. The defense was that the defendant’s agent had no authority to sign the contract.
George E. Brown for appellant.
Otho S. Bowling and Robert H. Elder for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed; with costs; no opinion.
Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Cardozo, Pound, McLaughlin, Crane, Andrews and Lehman, JJ.