Case Name: Dora Rubin, Plaintiff, Respondent, v. Dave Brotter, Defendant, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1924-11-18
Citations: 123 Misc. 928
Docket Number: 
Parties: Dora Rubin, Plaintiff, Respondent, v. Dave Brotter, Defendant, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 123
Pages: 928–928

Head Matter:
Dora Rubin, Plaintiff, Respondent, v. Dave Brotter, Defendant, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
November 18, 1924.
Brokers — real estate broker — action by unlicensed real estate broker to recover compensation for sale of real estate — action barred under Real Property Law, art. 12-A, as added by Laws- of 1922, chap. 672.
Plaintiff’s complaint, in an action to recover compensation for the sale of real estate, should be dismissed, where plaintiff has failed to procure a license as required by article 12-A of the Real Property Law, as added by Laws of 1922, chapter 672, without which plaintiff, a real estate broker, may not maintain such an action.
Burnt, J., dissents.
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, sixth district, in favor of plaintiff.
Jacob Kirschenbaum, for the appellant.
Emmanuel Lewin, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The plaintiff, an unlicensed broker, is seeking to recover compensation for selling real estate. Such an action is not maintainable. See Laws of 1922, chap. 672, adding article 12-A to the Real Property Law.
Judgment reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs.
Guy and Mullen, JJ., concur; Bijur, J., dissents.