Spuches v. Royal View, Inc.

In an action for specific performance of a contract by defendant to sell a parcel of land to plaintiffs and to erect a house thereon, plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, entered June 20, 1960, upon the decision of the court after a nonjury trial, which: (a) confines their recovery to the sum of $1,795, consisting of their $1,500 down payment, an allowance of $200 for their attorney’s fee, and $95 costs; and (b) fails to grant them specific performance. Judgment modified on the facts as follows: (1) by striking out the first and second decretal paragraphs…