GREENE v. HELLMAN


51 N.Y.2d 197 (1980)

Alfred K. Greene, Respondent, v. Maynard Hellman, Appellant, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Yesawich, III, for appellant.

James W. Kiley for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges GABRIELLI, WACHTLER and MEYER concur with Judge FUCHSBERG; Judge JASEN dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion in which Judge JONES concurs.


FUCHSBERG, J.

This appeal by the defendant Maynard Hellman comes to us in the context of a claim by plaintiff Alfred K. Greene, a real estate broker, who asserts he was wrongfully deprived of commissions due him on the sale of a shopping center owned by Hellman to I. Gordon Realty Corporation. Greene had been invited to procure a buyer for the property by the defendant Richard E. Driscoll. A central issue is...

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