Darrow v. Cornell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Stephen 0. Darrow, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Washington on the 23d day of September, 1897, upon the report of a referee.
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Stephen 0. Darrow, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Washington on the 23d day of September, 1897, upon the report of a referee. The plaintiff, on the 6tli day of March, 1889, entered into a contract with Jacob N. Doty, deceased, by which the latter agreed to sell and convey to him, by a good and sufficient warranty deed, a farm of eighty-seven acres, situated in Easton, Washington county, N. Y., for -the sum of $3,000. By the terms of the contract the plaintiff was to pay the interest…
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
It is to be inferred from the record that both the plaintiff and the defendants endeavored, in good faith, to perform the contract.- Negotiations to that end were continued from April 1 to December 22, 1894, and both parties were at much trouble and expense- in the matter. . It cannot be doubted that the plaintiff was desirous of.' obtaining a deed of the farm.- He had contracted for it with a view of securing a- home; he had expended over $1,000 in permanent improvements and repairs.. During the negotiations he employed *117a surveyor to plot, the land, and an attorney to search.the…
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