Acme Realty Co. v. . Schinasi
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 11, 1913, upon an order reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the report of a referee and directing judgment dismissing the complaint and in favor of defendant upon his counterclaim.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 11, 1913, upon an order reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the report of a referee and directing judgment dismissing the complaint and in favor of defendant upon his counterclaim. The parties to this action entered into a contract dated May 7th, 1906, for the sale by the plaintiff and the purchase by the defendant of a seven-story apartment building situate on the comer of Manhattan avenue and One Hundred and Sixteenth street in the borough of Manhattan…
1Opinion of the CourtWerner, J.
The plaintiff, as vendor, seeks to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the sale of an apartment house on the corner of One Hundred and Sixteenth street and Manhattan avenue in the city of New York, and the -defendant, as vendee, refuses to accept the title on the ground that it is unmarketable. The controversy is due to certain architectural projections of the structure beyond the building line of the two streets which bound the exterior lines of the premises. There is no dispute as to the existence of these projections, but fche litigation discloses a decided difference of…
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- Bonnette v. . MolloyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
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