Godfrey Co. v. Crawford

The crucial issue on this appeal is whether, under the terms of the contract for sale of real estate entered into between the plaintiff buyer and the individual defendant sellers, the buyer had the right prior to March 1, 1963, to waive the condition- with respect to revision of the zoning ordinances.

The amended complaint alleges that the provision in the contract, which provided that the buyer, the sellers, and an adjoining owner would petition the Milwaukee common council for a change in zoning before January 3, 1963, was for the protection of the buyer. Defendants point out that this…