Legal Opinion

Ring 57 Corp. v. Litt

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 15, 1967PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*549Ughetta, Christ and Munder, JJ., concur; Beldóek, P. J. and Rabin, J., dissent and vote to affirm the judgment, with the following memorandum: As a general rule, where a contract is made for the sale of real property and the time for closing the transaction is not" expressly made of the essence of the contract, courts of equity may in their discretion compel specific performance of the contract even though the party asking for such relief has failed to comply with the terms of the contract as to time of performatiee, “providing such failure has not arisen from bad faith or inexcusable delay ”…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Lese v. . LamprechtNew York Court of Appeals · 1909

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Cooper v. BosseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
  2. Mazzaferro v. Kings Park Butcher Shop, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  3. 76 North Associates v. Theil Management Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  4. Mader v. MaderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  5. Poteralski v. ColombeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981

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