Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York December 15, 1908 (Wilson v. Ewald)

Ford, J.

Plaintiff-appellant, who was a real estate broker, showed upon the trial that the testator of defendant-respondent placed in plaintiff’s hands for sale certain real estate for which he found a purchaser ready, able and willing to purchase at the price named by said testator, but that the latter proved not to he the owner, and did not even possess authority as agent to sell the property.