Condo v. Mulcahy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lazer, J.
This appeal concerns the right of a defendant in a personal injury action to enforce a settlement agreement which the plaintiff repudiated after delivering a general release and stipulations of discontinuance but before receiving any money. The case turns upon the statutory rule that an agreement to accept a future performance to discharge a present cause of action is an executory accord and, if supported by a sufficient memorandum, it is enforceable. Since agreement and memorandum have coalesced in this case, Special Term erred in denying defendant’s motion to…
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