Legal Opinion

Finguerra v. Stone

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 26, 1989Published

1Opinion of the Court

— Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Baer, Jr., J.), entered on or about June 29, 1989, which, in an action seeking, inter alia, specific performance of a contract for the sale of a condominium apartment, denied plaintiffs motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

We find that the court properly denied summary judgment. A fair reading of the contract of sale supports finding a triable issue of fact as to whether paragraph 4 of the rider constitutes an escape clause, thus allowing the defendant to unilaterally cancel the sale (Krasne v Gedell, 147 AD2d 616,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Barclay Arms Associates v. ClementeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  2. Krasne v. GedellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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