Studley v. National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Hancock, Jr., J. P.
In her declaratory judgment action, plaintiff seeks to invalidate two written oil and gas leases given originally to a lease broker — third-party defendant John R. Murphy, doing business as Murphy Oil Company (Murphy) — a prior assignor of defendant. During the nonjury trial she sought to prove under the rule stated in Hicks v Bush (10 NY2d 488) that the leases were *123ineffective because they were delivered subject to an oral condition that they not take effect until she cashed a draft in the amount of $476 given to her when she signed the leases. In a…
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