Case Name: Charles St. John, Respondent, v. Fulton Market Realty Corporation, Appellant, Impleaded with Others
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1928-07-19
Citations: 248 N.Y. 636
Docket Number: 
Parties: Charles St. John, Respondent, v. Fulton Market Realty Corporation, Appellant, Impleaded with Others.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 248
Pages: 636–637

Head Matter:
Charles St. John, Respondent, v. Fulton Market Realty Corporation, Appellant, Impleaded with Others.
(Argued June 14, 1928;
decided July 19, 1928.)
John J. Crawford and Almon C. Kellogg for appellant.
Milton Hertz and I. Maurice Wormser for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs. Held, that the apparent authority of the president of the corporation to employ a broker to sell real property is not dependent upon the existence of authority on his part to enter into a binding contract for the sale thereof.
Concur: Cardozo, Ch. J., Pound, Crane, Andrews, Lehman, Kellogg and O'Brien, JJ.