Mott v. Devine

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of plaintiff, entered April 4, 1983 in Albany County upon a decision of the court at Trial Term (Conway, J.), without a jury. 11 On May 8, 1980, plaintiff orally agreed with defendant Marion Devine and her son to purchase their two contiguous but separately owned parcels of real property for a total price of $25,000. This case concerns only the circumstances surrounding the sale of Devine’s parcel. The oral agreement required plaintiff to pay her one half of $25,000 less any outstanding taxes on the property, which it was agreed plaintiff…