Walton v. . Meeks
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made June 28, 1886, which affirmed a judgment in favor of’ defendants entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The court below erred in "limiting the plaintiff’s recovery to the extent of the expenses of searching the title.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made June 28, 1886, which affirmed a judgment in favor of’ defendants entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The court below erred in "limiting the plaintiff’s recovery to the extent of the expenses of searching the title. (M. E. C. Home v. Thompson, 108 N. Y. 618 ; Miller v. White, 71 id. 118 ; Conger v. Weaver, 20 id. 140; Margraf v. Muir, 57 id. 155; Timby v. Kinsey, 18…
1Opinion of the CourtBbadley, J.
The subject of the action is a contract made-by the defendants Berry and the administrators, etc., of Ann McCabe with the plaintiff, by which they demised to him for the term of three years and six months from November 1, 1879, at the annual rent of $2,000, a dwelling-house and premises in the city of New York, and the furniture and statuary therein; and they agreed to sell to him the house, premises and property in case he elected, on or before November 1, 1880, to purchase the same at the price of $31,000. The plaintiff did elect to make the purchase, and thereupon the other parties to the…
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