Legal Opinion

Miner v. Hilton

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

Decided March 15, 1897PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Motion by the defendant, Henry Gr. Hilton, for a new trial upon a ease containing excejitions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance, upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the Hew York Trial Term on the 13th day of March, 1896. This motion was transferred from the first department to the second department.

1Opinion of the Court

Bradley, J.:

The action was brought to recover damages for the alleged default of the defendant in performance by him of a contract made between the parties of date February 10,1892, whereby the defendant agreed to sell to the plaintiff a lot of land known as Ho. 37 West Twenty-eighth street in the city of Hew York for $80,000, of which $5,000 was then paid, and on receiving payment of the residue, as provided, the defendant agreed to “ execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged and delivered,” to the plaintiff a proper deed containing a general warranty and the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Canajoharie National Bank v. DiefendorfNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  2. Moore v. . WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  3. Baldwin v. . BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
  4. Bigler v. . MorganNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
  5. Greenblatt v. . HermannNew York Court of Appeals · 1894

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Gottschalk v. MeisenheimerWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Marx v. KingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1922
  3. Van Horn v. StuyvesantNew York Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Anderson v. Security Land Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1929
  5. Northrup v. MeadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907

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