Legal Opinion
Youssoupoff v. Widener
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 20, 1927PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiff on August 12, 1921, signed a contract in the city of London which reads as follows:
“ Prince Youssoupoff has this day sold and delivered to Mr. Widener his two well-known Rembrandt portraits of a man and a woman which are illustrated and described in the Bode catalogue, for the price or sum of One hundred thousand pounds (£100,000), and has received the full purchase money. Title to the said pictures has passed to Mr. Widener and he accepts delivery of the same., “ Mr. Widener recognizes that Prince Youssoupoff would not have parted with these wonderful pictures for any…
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