Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York March 15, 1899 (McCloskey v. Thompson)

MacLean, J.

In his verified complaint, the plaintiff alleged that he had been employed by the defendant, the owner of the *736premises, 488 Eighth avenue, in the city of New York, to procure for him a customer to rent the premises, and that defendant had agreed to pay the plaintiff therefor the usual commission of per cent, on the first year’s rental, and 1 per cent, on each of the following