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Caren v. Liebovitz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 15, 1906
113 App. Div. 674 (N.Y. App. Div. 1906)

Opinion

June 15, 1906.

Jacob R. Schiff, for the appellant.

Lynn C. Norris, for the respondent.


It is not necessary to inquire into the disputed question whether the covenants the plaintiff wanted to put in the second contract would have been incumbrances on the property. The refusal of the plaintiff to make the second contract the same in its terms as the first did not defeat the consideration for the check. It was given for a good consideration, viz., the first contract, and that remains and can be enforced. The plaintiff is just as much bound by the contract as it was first drawn as she would be if it were drawn over and signed again. It satisfies the provisions of the Statute of Frauds, and is complete against her. That the purchaser has not signed it does not detract from its effect against her.

The judgment should be affirmed.

HIRSCHBERG, P.J., WOODWARD and RICH, JJ., concurred. MILLER, J., dissented on the ground that the plaintiff herself refused to perform the contract.

Judgment of the Municipal Court affirmed, with costs.


Summaries of

Caren v. Liebovitz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 15, 1906
113 App. Div. 674 (N.Y. App. Div. 1906)
Case details for

Caren v. Liebovitz

Case Details

Full title:NELLIE P. CAREN, Respondent, v . SAMUEL LIEBOVITZ, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jun 15, 1906

Citations

113 App. Div. 674 (N.Y. App. Div. 1906)
99 N.Y.S. 952

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