Case Name: Clarkson et al., Appellants, v. Howard, Respondent
Court: New York Superior Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1892-07-05
Citations: 19 N.Y.S. 1021
Docket Number: 
Parties: Clarkson et al., Appellants, v. Howard, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 19
Pages: 1021–1021

Head Matter:
Clarkson et al., Appellants, v. Howard, Respondent.
(Superior Court of New York City,
General Term.
July 5, 1892.)
Action by Thomas S. Clarkson and others against Frederick S. Howard. From judgment entered on a verdict directed by the court in favor of the defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
Argued before Freedman, Dugro, and Gildersleeve, JJ.
Ogden, Beekman & Ogden, for appellants. Cannon & Atwater, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Upon the whole case it clearly appeared that the plaintiffs were not the procuring cause of the sale, and that the sale was effected by the broker Sterne. It was a clear case of two brokers trying to sell the same property to the same party; the one failing and the other succeeding. The rule of law in such cases has been well defined in Alden v. Earle, (Super. N. Y.) 4 N. Y. Supp. 548; affirmed in 121 N. Y. 688, 24 N. E. Rep. 705. The direction of a verdict against the plaintiffs was proper, and the judgment should be affirmed, with costs.