Baird v. Bardis
This text of 32 A.D.2d 785 (Baird v. Bardis) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Two judgments of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated May 1, 1968 and May 8, 1968, respectively, reversed, on the law, and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event. The findings of fact below have not been affirmed. In our opinion, there was conflicting evidence as to the rate of plaintiff’s commission and the scope of her agency. The issues thereon should have been submitted to the jury. Further, there was error in the refusal to charge the jury that, under an open listing, the owner had the right to personally negotiate a sale with a purchaser other than the broker’s prospect. On the new trial, evidence of plaintiff’s unsuccessful efforts to sell to persons other than John or Rocco Ranaudo should be received only for relevant purposes and only to the extent necessary (cf. Hoch Assoc. v. Western Newspaper Union, 308 N. Y. 461, 463). Lastly, we do not think it was error for the court to decide the third-party action as a matter of law, since the findings of fact implicit in the jury’s determination of the main action must determine the disposition of the indemnity claim. Christ, Acting P. J., Brennan, Rabin, Hopkins and Benjamin, JJ., concur.
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32 A.D.2d 785, 302 N.Y.S.2d 318, 1969 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3788, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/baird-v-bardis-nyappdiv-1969.