Legal Opinion
Parma Tile Mosaic & Marble Co. v. Short
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 20, 1996PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
The issue presented on this appeal is whether the automatic imprinting, by a fax machine, of the sender’s name at the top of each page transmitted, satisfies the requirement that a writing be subscribed under New York State’s general Statute of Frauds (General Obligations Law § 5-701). We reverse the order of the Appellate Division because we conclude that a subscription requires an act to authenticate the writing as defendant’s. Defendant did not so subscribe the writing in this case.
In September 1989, Sime Construction Co. (Sime), a subcontractor, sought to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Henry L. Fox Co. v. William Kaufman Organization, Ltd.New York Court of Appeals · 1989
- La Mar Hosiery Mills, Inc. v. Credit & Commodity Corp.City of New York Municipal Court · 1961
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