Grockie v. Hirshfield
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the plaintiff, Anthony Grockie, for a new trial upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance, upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the defendant rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the Monroe Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action to recover damages for alleged fraud and deceit in the sale of real estate. The plaintiff is a Polander, and is unable *88to read or write the English language or to speak or understand the same, except to a very limited extent. In 1883 the defendant, a member of the Rochester bar, not in active practice, was extensively engaged in the real estate business and owned a large tract of land in the town of Gates, Monroe county, known as the Pool farm, which was subdivided into lots. On the 5th day of November, 1883, the plaintiff and defendant executed a land contract…
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