Drake v. . Gaffney
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered July 12,1918, in so far as it affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant respondent, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term in an action to compel specific performance of a contract for the purchase by the defendants from the plaintiff of twenty-three acres of salt meadow on Staten Island.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered July 12,1918, in so far as it affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant respondent, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term in an action to compel specific performance of a contract for the purchase by the defendants from the plaintiff of twenty-three acres of salt meadow on Staten Island. The defendant Grace Wire interposed a counterclaim for the sum of $7,500, paid by her to the plaintiff to maintain an option to purchase the property, and for the sum of…
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Chase, Cardozo and Crane, JJ. Dissenting: Collin, Pound and Andrews, JJ.
2Cited by1 opinion
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