John A. Paige Jr. Contracting, Inc. v. Gush

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Hummel, J.), entered December 8, 2005 in Rensselaer County, which granted plaintiffs motion to compel compliance with a stipulation of settlement.

In June 1999, the parties entered into a real estate development contract whereby defendants agreed to subdivide a parcel of land into approximately 30 building lots that would then be sold to plaintiff for the construction of single-family residences. After defendants allegedly failed to timely commence a particular phase of the development, plaintiff commenced an action for breach of contract in April…