Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Edmunds
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 12, 1951PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The personal representative of the original defendant vendor appeals from a judgment granting specific performance of a contract for the sale of realty allegedly made between the plaintiff-respondent and the defendant’s testator. The defendant interposed the Statute of Frauds.
The sole admissible evidence of the purported contract is a receipt, signed by the vendor:
“ No.— Sept. 3, 1943
Received of Conrad Johnson $10.00
as binding payment on property Dollars
100
on Lakewood Rd — as agreed on Price to be $300.00 otherwise Void $- JOHN D. WINDSOR ”
Plaintiff sought to flesh out this skeleton by…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cooley v. . LobdellNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Wright v. . WeeksNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Odell v. . MontrossNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Tobias v. LynchAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
- Miller v. TuckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Conway v. MaherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Snay v. WoodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
- Bass Development of New York, Inc. v. BaischNew York Supreme Court · 2008