Legal Opinion
Friedman v. Tappan Development Corp.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided November 13, 1956PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Heher, J.
We certified for appeal the judgment of the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, 39 N. J. Super. 103 (1956), reversing a judgment of the Chancery Division awarding to plaintiffs specific performance of what was (and is) asserted to be a contract for the sale by the defendant corporation to plaintiffs of real property situate in the Borough of Old Tappan, New Jersey, bearing date February 15, 1954.
The Appellate Division concluded that the writing was ‘Tut a gratuitous option or continuing offer” to sell the lands in question at a given…
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