Case Name: FITTICHAUER v. VAN WYCK
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1905-02-28
Citations: 92 N.Y.S. 241
Docket Number: 
Parties: FITTICHAUER v. VAN WYCK.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 92
Pages: 241–242

Head Matter:
FITTICHAUER v. VAN WYCK.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
February 28, 1905.)
Brokers—Commissions—Payment—Conditions.
Where broker’s commissions were not to be paid for until and unless title passed, and the purchaser failed to complete his purchase, no right to commissions accrued.
[Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see vol. 8, Cent. Dig. Brokers, § 97.]
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Twelfth District.
Action by Felix Fittichauer against Frederick Van Wyck. From a Municipal Court judgment in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
Argued before SCOTT, GIEGERICH, and McCALL, JJ.
Henry A. Brann (G. Murray Hulbert, of counsel), for appellant. Bushby & Berkeley (James C. Bushby, of counsel), for respond- • ent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
There was positive evidence of a disinterested witness, which the result shows the trial justice believed, that the broker's commissions were not to be - paid until and unless title -passed. The purchaser failed to complete his purchase, and therefore no commissions became due.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.