Ford v. Schlosser
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from trial term. Action by Thomas Ford against Jacob Schlosser to recover $1,000, part purchase money paid on a contract for the sale of real property, and for damages for breach of such contract. The complaint was dismissed, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDaly, C. J.
The defendant, Jacob Schlosser, on October 7, 1893, contracted to sell to the plaintiff, Thomas Ford, for $34,500, three lots of land in the city of New York, known by the street numbers 323, 325, and 327 West Eleventh street, formerly Hammond street, and described as follows: “Beginning at a point on the northerly side of West 11th street, distant 117 feet 3 inches westerly from the westerly side of Greenwich street, and running thence northerly 95 feet 4 inches, running thence westerly 25 feet, thence southerly 2 inches, thence again westerly 48 feet 1 inch, and thence again southerly 95…
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- Meyer v. BoydNew York Supreme Court · 1889
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