Huang v. Cheng

Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Herman Cahn, J.), entered on July 8, 1991, which granted plaintiffs motion for summary judgment and directed specific performance of an agreement dated March 13, 1989, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Defendant will not be excused from the agreement he executed by reason of his failure or purported inability to read it (see, Chemical Bank v Masters, 176 AD2d 591, 592). The record, including defendant’s own statements, shows him to be a sophisticated businessman capable of clearly expressing his intent (see generally, Matter of…