Case Name: Thomas A. Moorehead, Appellant, v. Realty Associates, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1917-02-27
Citations: 220 N.Y. 640
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thomas A. Moorehead, Appellant, v. Realty Associates, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 220
Pages: 640–640

Head Matter:
Thomas A. Moorehead, Appellant, v. Realty Associates, Respondent.
Moorehead v. Realty Associates, 166 App. Div. 782, affirmed.
(Argued February 8, 1917;
decided February 27, 1917.)
Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 25, 1915, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon á dismissal of the complaint' by the court at a Trial Term in an action for the alleged services of the plaintiff as a broker in procuring for defendant a prospective purchaser of certain premises in the borough of Brooklyn, in which defendant was the owner of a two-thirds interest. The complaint was dismissed on the ground that the contract was contrary to public policy, being one between a public officer and a private individual brought about ex colore officii, and of a nature tending to interfere with the duty of the officer to his official trust.
Henry L. Scheuerman and Arthur S. Levy for appellant.
Henry M. Dater, Jay S. Jones and Edward J. Fanning for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscocic, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Pound, McLaughlin and Andrews, JJ. Absent: Cardozo, J.