Legal Opinion
CBS Inc. v. Ziff-Davis Publishing Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 3, 1990PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*498OPINION OF THE COURT
Hancock, Jr., J.
A corporate buyer made a bid to purchase certain businesses based on financial information as to their profitability supplied by the seller. The bid was accepted and the parties entered into a binding bilateral contract for the sale which included, specifically, the seller’s express warranties as to the truthfulness of the previously supplied financial information. *499Thereafter, pursuant to the purchase agreement, the buyer conducted its own investigation which led it to believe that the warranted information was untrue. The seller dismissed as meritless the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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