Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1928

Nathan v. Weil

Nathan v. Weil
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 15, 1928
222 A.D. 837
Nathan v. Weil

Opinion of the Court

Judgment reversed upon the law and the facts, with costs, and judgment directed *838for plaintiff, as prayed for in the complaint, with costs. It appears conclusively from the evidence that plaintiff did not agree with either defendant upon terms for the purchase of the premises described in the complaint. Respondent Schiffmacher was the owner and respondent Weil held a three-year lease, with an option to purchase. The appellant paid her money to respondent Weil. If the parties came to terms, Mrs. Weil was to take a conveyance from Schiffmacher, and then contract with appellant for a sale to her. The receipt given to appellant provides that “ terms and full details of property to be given in the contract.” The testimony of Belle R. Matthews, Schiffmacher’s agent, is conclusive that in the transactions she recognized Mrs. Weil as the prospective purchaser, and was unable, notwithstanding the claimed option, to' give, even to Mrs. Weil, full and complete terms upon which the property could be purchased. The contract tendered by respondent Schiffmacher contained terms and conditions not discussed with appellant, including the clause making the sale subject to the three-year lease of respondent Weil, notwithstanding the fact that appellant required immediate possession. Under the circumstances here disclosed, motive for not continuing negotiations was immaterial. (See Cohn v. Smarr, 214 App. Div. 589.) Lazansky, P. J., Rich, Young, Kapper and Hagarty, JJ., concur.

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