Legal Opinion

Warner v. Kaplan

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

Decided December 10, 2009PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Saxe, J.

This appeal concerns which party is entitled to the contract deposit placed in escrow pursuant to a contract of sale for a co-op apartment, when the purchaser dies after the sale is approved by the co-op’s board of directors but before closing.

On May 11, 2005, defendants Kenneth F. Kaplan and Diane K. Kaplan, as sellers, and Glen Altman, as purchaser, entered into a contract for the sale of cooperative apartment 2A at 1150 Park Avenue in Manhattan, for the purchase price of $2.3 million in cash; a deposit of $230,000 was placed in escrow. As required by the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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