Gruhn v. Eppig
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Theodore 0. Eppig, individually and as executor, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 17th day of June, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
The plaintiff has a judgment against the defendant for damages arising “from an alleged breach of a contract to convey certain real estate in the borough of Brooklyn, under which the plaintiff was the vendee and the defendant was the vendor. On the trial of this action before a jury, the court directed a verdict for the amount of the earnest money paid on the signing of the contract and the expenses of the plaintiff for examination of title. From the judgment entered upon the directed verdict the defendant appeals. The theory of the judgment and the court’s direction of the verdict…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Eppig v. GruhnNew York Supreme Court · 1915
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