Case Name: Anthony Niesen, Appellant, v. Charles Galewski, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1925-06-02
Citations: 240 N.Y. 652
Docket Number: 
Parties: Anthony Niesen, Appellant, v. Charles Galewski, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 240
Pages: 652–652

Head Matter:
Anthony Niesen, Appellant, v. Charles Galewski, Respondent.
(Argued May 5, 1925;
decided June 2, 1925.)
Commissions — action by broker against prospective customer to recover commissions he would have received from owner had sale been consummated.
Niesen v. Galewski, 211 App. Div. 858, affirmed.
Appeal from a judgment, entered December 19, 1924, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and directing a dismissal of the complaint. The action was brought by a broker against a prospective purchaser of real estate to "recover commissions which the broker would have received from the owner had the customer purchased the premises and executed a formal contract of purchase and acquired title in accordance therewith.
Francis X. Carmody, Joseph H. Kutner and Kenneth C. Newman for appellant.
Jacob Landy and Joseph E. Greenberg for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Cardozo, McLaughlin, Crane, Andrews and Lehman, JJ. . Absent: Pound, J.