St. John v. Fulton Market Realty Corporation

Court: New York Court of Appeals
Date filed: 1928-07-19
Citations: 162 N.E. 555, 248 N.Y. 636, 1928 N.Y. LEXIS 1463
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Lead Opinion

Judgment affirmed, with costs. Held, that the apparent authority of the president of the corporation to employ a broker to sell real property is not dependent upon the *Page 637 existence of authority on his part to enter into a binding contract for the sale thereof.

Concur: CARDOZO, Ch. J., POUND, CRANE, ANDREWS, LEHMAN, KELLOGG and O'BRIEN, JJ.