Bishop v. Decker
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, made at Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 31st day of February, 1914.
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
This ease differs from Paine v. Upton (87 N. Y. 337) and Mills v. Kampfe (202 id. 46). In Paine v. Upton the negotiation began by an inquiry as to the number of acres, and was maintained on a cash acreage basis, In Mills v. Kampfe the land Had been surveyed and a reference *891to this survey made, with other indications that quantity was essential. Hence, the learned trial court declined to find that the negotiations were on a quantity basis. This was an exchange where an incumbered city property is traded for vacant lands. The figures of value in plaintiff’s mind may have had no…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Richardson v. . DraperNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
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