Zinser v. Matthews Development Corp.

In- an action for a declaratory judgment and to recover a sum of money paid under duress, judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, for defendant in accordance with the granting of a motion to dismiss at the close of plaintiffs’ ease reversed on the law and a new trial ordered, with costs to plaintiffs to abide the event. The proof is sufficient to show prima facie that the defendant willfully refused to complete the house in a reasonable time unless it obtained more money than that to which it was entitled under its contract, and that the plaintiffs were compelled to execute a release of…