Legal Opinion
Slamow v. Del Col
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 7, 1992PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated by the Appellate Division (174 AD2d 725).
We would but add the following, in response to the dissent. The best evidence of what parties to a written agreement intend is what they say in their writing. Here, the words used in the parties’ contract are clear and unambiguous, and entitle the purchasers to return of their down payment. That this may be a standard clause in a form for the sale of real property suggests even more strongly that the clause should be rewritten if it…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Slamow v. Del ColAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
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