Cooperstein v. Van Natter

—William J. Van Natter and wife appeal from portions of a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding Craig A. Cooperstein and Thomas P. Dickinson and their wives $15,800 in damages for breach of contract. Cooperstein and Dickinson cross-appeal from that part of the judgment setting aside an $8,000 verdict for defamation against Van Natter. At the heart of the dispute is a contention that defendant Van Natter, vendor of an apartment house building under a real estate contract, wrongfully refused to endorse over to plaintiffs Cooperstein and Dickinson (Cooperstein), assignees of the vendee, a…