Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York May 21, 1982 (Briggs v. Rector)

lead-opinion

— Judgment reversed, on the law and facts, without costs, and complaint dismissed. Memorandum: Defendants Alan and Esther Rector owned a dairy farm in Yates County which they sold to Aaron Stoltzfus. Plaintiff, a real estate broker, initiated this action alleging that he was the procuring cause of the sale and thus entitled to a brokerage commission equal to 6% of the sales price.