Legal Opinion
Donovan v. Bachstadt
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided December 9, 1982PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
SCHREIBER, J.
The central legal issue in this case concerns the damages to which a buyer of realty is entitled upon the breach of the executory agreement by the seller. The procedural circumstances under which the question arose are unique. The buyers, Edward Donovan and Donna Donovan, husband and wife, prevailed in a suit for specific performance in which the venue was laid in the Superior Court, Middlesex County. When the seller, Carl Bachstadt, could not perform because of a defect in title, the Donovans instituted this action for damages in the…
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