Case Name: Turner v. Putnam
Court: Brooklyn City Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1891-02-24
Citations: 13 N.Y.S. 567
Docket Number: 
Parties: Turner v. Putnam.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 13
Pages: 567–567

Head Matter:
Turner v. Putnam.
(City Court of Brooklyn, General Term.
February 24, 1891.)
Real-Estate Broker—Action for Commissions—Evidence.
In an action for commissions for procuring a sale of real estate, evidence that defendant, knowing him to be a real-estate broker, employed plaintiff to sell certain premises, and that plaintiff brought the same to the attention of the purchasers, and brought them and defendant together, makes out a prima facie case for the jury.
Appeal from trial term.
Action by Nathan A. Turner against Henry W. Putnam to recover commissions for procuring a sale of defendant’s real estate. Prom a judgment dismissing the complaint the plaintiff appeals.
Argued before Clements, C. J., and Van Wyck, J.
A. W. Tenney, for appellant. Horace Graves, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We have carefully read all the testimony in this case, and are satisfied plaintiff made out a prima face case for the jury. There is testimony which strongly tends to show that defendant, knowing him to be a real-estate broker, employed plaintiff to sell certain premises; that plaintiff brought the same to the attention of the purchasers, and brought them and the defendant together; and that defendant sold these parties the premises for the price he asked. Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to abide the event.