Goodrich v. Pratt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John T. Pratt, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 28th day of July, 1905, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, P. J.:
The judgment herein requires the specific performance by the defendant of a contract for the purchase of certain real estate on Clinton avenue in the borough of Brooklyn. The contract required the plaintiff to convey the property free and clear of incumbrances, and the defendant refused to take the title on two grounds: First, because by chapter 257 of the Laws of 1899 the boundaries of Clinton avenue were changed so as to restrict the use of twenty feet of the abutting property, and, secondly, because of certain restrictive covenants to which the premises in question were…
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