Legal Opinion
O'Donnell v. Harmon
New York Court of Common Pleas
Decided March 15, 1871PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from a judgment entered upon the decision of a Judge at the Equity Term. The action was brought to reform a lease containing an agreement to sell the leased premises upon the lessees giving-notice of their intention to purchase at a fixed period. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Court. .
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.*
Larremore, J.
This action was brought to reform a contract for the sale of real estate, and also for the specific performance thereof.
*425By a lease dated May 1,1863, the defendants demised to the plaintiffs three lots in Henry street, for the term of four years, at a rent and upon the terms therein specified. The •lease contained the following provision:
“And if during the month of January next preceding the expiration of the term hereby granted, the said parties of the second part (the plaintiffs) shall notify the said parties of the first part (the defendants) in writing of their…
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