Legal Opinion

Landau v. Percacciolo

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

Decided December 29, 1978PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Hopkins, J. P.

The defendants are the County of Putnam and the members of the Board of Supervisors of the county. In March, 1975 the defendants entered into a contract to purchase some 50 acres of land from the plaintiffs at a price of $14,000 per acre ($700,000) for use in the disposition of solid waste. The contract did not close, and the plaintiffs brought this action for specific performance of the contract.1

The defendants interposed defenses, claiming fraud by the plaintiffs, among other things, and counterclaims, some of which were based on alleged fraud by the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. United States v. Mississippi Valley Generating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. United States v. Acme Process Equipment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Hadden v. Consolidated Edison Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. Crocker v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  5. Shipman v. Words of Power Missionary Enterprises, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Tuxedo Conservation & Taxpayers Ass'n v. Town BoardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
  2. Shapiro v. AlexandersonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990
  3. Shapiro v. AlexandersonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990
  4. Stettine v. County of SuffolkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  5. Town of Pleasant Valley v. DaleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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