Seiler v. Wilson
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment entered upon a verdict directed for the defendant, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial made upon the minutes of the justice before whom the action was tried.
1Opinion of the Court
Yan Brunt, P. J.:
' The plaintiff brought this action to recover a deposit of $100, received by the defendant as part of the purchase-money, upon an agreement to convey certain premises, and for the expenses incurred in examining the title of said premises, the title tendered being alleged to be bad. A verdict upon the trial was directed for the defendant, to which direction an exception was duly taken. The defect claimed to render the title of the premises in question unmarketable, was in an affidavit and order of publication made in May, 1860, by which the court was claimed to have obtained…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Carleton v. . CarletonNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Kennedy v. New York Life Insurance & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Belmont v. . CornenNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Easterbrook v. EasterbrookNew York Supreme Court · 1872