Case Name: James E. McCarty, Appellant, v. William Tracey et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1895-06
Citations: 13 Misc. 243
Docket Number: 
Parties: James E. McCarty, Appellant, v. William Tracey et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 13
Pages: 243–244

Head Matter:
James E. McCarty, Appellant, v. William Tracey et al., Respondents.
(New York Common Pleas — Additional General Term,
June, 1895.)
The fact that a person overheard a broker telling another that certain property had been sold to a certain person for a specified sum, and upon such sale falling through purchased the property, is not sufficient to show that the broker was the procuring cause of such purchase, especially where such person knew the owners and that the property was for sale.
Appeal from a judgment of the District Court in the city of ¡New York for the seventh judicial district.
Action for broker’s commissions.
William Riley, for appellant.
Jarrnes J. Fitzgerald, for respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
It does not appear that the plaintiff was the procuring cause of the sale to Fursey. The fact that he overheard plaintiff telling a third person that the property had been sold to one Murphy at a certain sum, and after the sale to Murphy had fallen through bought it himself, is not sufficient evidence to show that plaintiff was the procuring cause, especially in view of the further fact that he was well acquainted with the defendants and had previously learned from them that the property was for sale. Goldsmith v. Cook, 39 N. Y. St. Repr. 56.
The answer sets up a good general denial. Griffin v. Long Island R. Co., 101 N. Y. 348.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.
Present: Bookstavee and Bischoff, JJ.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.