McIntyre v. Harrington
New York Supreme Court
Action by a grantor to compel specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate.
1Opinion of the CourtCochrane, J.
One George 0. Cook was the equitable owner of the property in question, and the person beneficially interested in the sale thereof, the plaintiff holding only the record title. Some time prior to the contract in question, Mr. E. De L. Palmer, a real estate agent of the city of Albany, acting as the agent of Mr. Cook, inserted a notice in some of the Albany newspapers advertising the said property for sale, which notice among other things referred to the property11 as being 300 feet front and 1,000 feet deep. This notice was published in such newspapers for some time, and fell under the…
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