Bellizzi v. Huntley Estates, Inc.

In an action to recover damages for breach of a contract for the sale of real property and the construction of a house, defendant appeals from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff. Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event. Plaintiff took title to a six-room house, with a bedroom over the garage and with a crawl space, but no cellar, under the living quarters on the first floor. After he took title, the town paved the street in front of the premises at a grade about two feet lower than the…