Bickford v. Searles
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, John L. Bickford, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on.the 12th day of Hay, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term. Also an appeal by the defendant, John E. Searles, from so much of said judgment as adjudges that the plaintiff recover of him the sum of $108.25 costs.
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, J.:
The plaintiff and the defendant Whiting were real. estate operators. They called the attention of the defendant Searles to an opportunity to purchase two plots of land in Flatbush and to the profit to be made by cutting the plots into lots and selling them. Searles made the purchase, advancing all the money and taking the title in his own name. . After the.purchase. was effected the parties entered into the following written agreement: '
“ This agreement, made this 15th day of Hay, 1895, betweenJno. E. Searles of the first part, and Charles S. Whiting, John L. Bickford and Winthrop…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jones v. . KentNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
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