Veit v. Schwob
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Isidore Schwob, 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 11th day of January, 1907, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
The plaintiff, a vendee in a contract for the purchase and sale of land, has recovered a judgment against the vendor for the amount of his deposit and the expense of examining title. _ The sole question presented by the appeal is whether the plaintiff was justified in refusing to take title.
One of the deeds in the defendant’s chain of title was executed by John C. Schütz and Wilhelmina Schütz to the People’s Realty Company, dated February 6,1899, and recorded in the office of the register of Kings county February 7, 1899. The names of the grantors were properly spelled in the deed,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- People Ex Rel. Kenyon v. . SutherlandNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Jackson ex dem. Miner v. BonehamNew York Supreme Court · 1818
- Sporza v. German Savings BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- Hutton v. WebberThe Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo · 1892
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