Middleworth v. Blackwell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Queens, First District. Action by Henry B. Middleworth against Frank E. Blackwell and another. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.
In 1901 the plaintiff entered into a contract with Woodbury Lowery by which the plaintiff agreed to purchase certain real estate from Lowery for $11,500, of which sum $500 was to be paid upon the execution of the contract. The defendants, a firm of attorneys doing business under the name of Blackwell Bros., represented Lowery in the transaction, and the $500 was actually paid by Mr. Francis G. Moore, an attorney representing the plaintiff, to Mr. George E. Blackwell, one of the defendants, as the agent and representative of Lowery. Subsequently Lowery refused to convey the property in…
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