Hollander v. Lustik
New York Supreme Court
Action to compel the specific performance of a contract for the conveyance of real property.
1Opinion of the CourtSawyer, J.
The complaint sets forth a contract for the conveyance of certain lands, partial performance upon the part of plaintiff, and the failure of defendant upon demand, to fulfill; and in the prayer for relief demands judgment for specific performance or, in the alternative, for money damages.
The answer is a general denial. Upon the trial the evidence presented by"plaintiff tended to show a verbal contract *104between the parties; that plaintiff made a down payment of $600 on the purchase price, and that with the making of the contract he was placed by defendant in possession of the property. That of…
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- Freedman v. . OppenheimNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
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