Legal Opinion
Sargent v. Halsey
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 30, 1973PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
William L. Underwood, Jr., J.
This is an action for specific performance, arising out of an option of first refusal to purchase certain real estate owned by the defendants.
The plaintiff, George Sargent, as purchaser, entered into a contract of sale in 1951, with one Nathan Hervey Halsey, for certain lands situated on the corner of Sagaponack Road and Highland Terrace, Bridgehampton, New York. The contract contained a provision, in connection with the sale of the property hereinabove mentioned, which read as follows: “And it is further agreed that if the party of the first part [Halsey] any…
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