MATTER OF CITY OF NEW YORK


1 A.D.2d 667 (1955)

In the Matter of The City of New York, Acting for and on Behalf of The New York City Housing Authority, Respondent, Relative to Acquiring Title to Real Property, Bounded by Brook Avenue and Other Streets, Selected as a Site for Mill Brook Homes, in The Borough of The Bronx. Samuel Goldstein, Appellant; Henry J. Hammerman et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 20, 1955


While the original retainer agreement between appellant and the respondents Hammerman was for a percentage of an "award" made in a condemnation proceeding, the fee arrangement was extended to cover an acquisition of the property by purchase when the conduct of the negotiations for such acquisition was referred and entrusted to appellant. The record makes it clear that appellant undertook such negotiations and that the continuance of the negotiations and conclusion of a sale...

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