Geller v. Kings County Mortgage Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, first district, rendered in favor of the defendant, by the court without a jury, dismissing, the complaint on the merits.
1Opinion of the CourtJaycox, J.
The appellant and respondent entered into a contract on the 18th day of November, 1915, for the sale of certain premises in the borough of Brooklyn. The date fixed in said contract for the closing of title was January 3, 1916. Upon the 21st of December, 1915, the appellant’s attorney wrote to the respondent company informing it that a deed in the respondent’s chain of title contained an erroneous description, so that it conveyed twenty feet less than it was apparently intended to convey. The respondent upon receiving this letter decided that it would be necessary to secure a correction deed.…
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