Where plaintiff engaged by defendant to procure a lease called up the owner, who referred him to a lawyer, from whom defendant procured oral acceptance of terms offered by defendant, commission was earned, although owner of the premises had given no written authority (Real Property Law, Secs. 130, 140, 242) requiring power to pass an estate to be in writing, not applying. Grossman v. Greenspan, 172 N. Y. Sup. 343.