Lese v. Lawson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Louis- Lese, from a judgment .of.the, Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered, in the office 'of the clerk of-the county of ÍSTew York on. the 11th day of July, 1906; upon the decision -of the court, rendered after a trial at. the Dew-York Special Term, dismissing the complaint upon the-merits and directing that the notice of pendency of action herein be canceled of record.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
Action by a vendee of real estate for specific performance. The plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing the complaint. The contract was made on ■ March 1, 1905, and provided for a conveyance of the property free from incumbrance. The title was agreed to be closed on March 31, 1905, but the date of .closing was adjourned to April twenty-fifth. In the meantime it had come to the knowledge of the vendee that the inheritance tax had not been adjusted and paid on the estate of defendant’s testator, and there appears to have been some conversation between the attorneys for the…
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