Legal Opinion

Stevenson v. Fox

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

Decided May 15, 1899PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Charles P. Stevenson, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the. defendant, entered in the office of .the clerk of the county of New York on the 18th day of June, 1898, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial before the court without a jury at the New York Trial Term.

1Opinion of the Court

Ingraham, J.:

The parties to this action entered into a contract whereby the defendant agreed to convey to the plaintiff certain real property situate in the city of Buffalo, and the plaintiff agreed to convey to the defendant certain real property situate in the city of Brooklyn. The defendant- refused to accept a deed tendered by the plaintiff conveying the Brooklyn property upon the ground that the plaintiff’s title was not marketable. The plaintiff then commenced this-action to recover the damages sustained by reason of a" breach of this contract, in that the defendant refused to accept…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Vought v. . WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  2. McPherson v. . SchadeNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  3. Spero v. ShultzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Kerrigan v. BackusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  2. Snow v. MonkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  3. Winters v. PolinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1941
  4. Holdridge v. RobertsCity of New York Municipal Court · 1949
  5. Van Horn v. StuyvesantNew York Supreme Court · 1906

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