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Horby Realty Corp. v. Yarmouth Land Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 17, 1946
270 App. Div. 696 (N.Y. App. Div. 1946)

Opinion

May 17, 1946.

Appeal from Supreme Court, New York County, HAMMER, J.

Philip Steinman for appellant.

Jerome L. Kerbeck of counsel ( Louis Dean Speir with him on the brief; Speir and Kerbeck, attorneys), for respondent.


Parol evidence is admissible to explain the meaning which custom or usage has given to words or terms as used in any particular trade or business or in any particular locality. ( Newhall v. Appleton, 114 N.Y. 140, 144; Gumbinsky Bros. Co. v. Smalley, 203 App. Div. 661, 667, affd. 235 N.Y. 619; Lipson v. Bradford Dyeing Assn., 266 App. Div. 595, 597; 3 Williston on Contracts [Rev. ed.], § 650; 1 Greenleaf on Evidence [16th ed.], § 295.) Whether the term "existing violations", as employed in the case at bar, has by custom and usage acquired a special meaning presents a fact question which cannot be disposed of upon affidavits. The issues presented must be decided upon a trial.

The order, insofar as it grants defendant's motion for summary judgment, and the judgment entered thereon should be reversed, with costs to the appellant and defendant's motion denied. Insofar as the order denies plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment it should be affirmed.

MARTIN, P.J., TOWNLEY, GLENNON, DORE and COHN, JJ., concur.

Judgment, and order insofar as it grants defendant's motion for summary judgment, unanimously reversed, with costs to the appellant and defendant's motion denied. Order insofar as it denies plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment unanimously affirmed.


Summaries of

Horby Realty Corp. v. Yarmouth Land Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 17, 1946
270 App. Div. 696 (N.Y. App. Div. 1946)
Case details for

Horby Realty Corp. v. Yarmouth Land Corp.

Case Details

Full title:HORBY REALTY CORPORATION, Appellant, v. YARMOUTH LAND CORPORATION…

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

Date published: May 17, 1946

Citations

270 App. Div. 696 (N.Y. App. Div. 1946)
62 N.Y.S.2d 173

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