Case Name: Minnie Cohen and Others, Appellants, v. Abraham Liebhoff, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1929-12
Citations: 228 A.D. 663
Docket Number: 
Parties: Minnie Cohen and Others, Appellants, v. Abraham Liebhoff, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 228
Pages: 663–663

Head Matter:
Minnie Cohen and Others, Appellants, v. Abraham Liebhoff, Respondent.

Opinion:
Order granting defendant's motion and denying plaintiffs' motion for the direction of a verdict and for judgment, and judgment dismissing complaint on the merits and directing that plaintiffs specifically perform, reversed upon the law and the facts, with costs, defendant's motion denied, and judgment directed for plaintiffs for the amount demanded in the complaint, with interest and costs. Order denying plaintiffs' motion to set aside the special verdict reversed upon the law and the facts and motion granted, without costs. Although by the terms of the contract defendant agreed to sell to plaintiffs a lot eighty-five feet in depth, the proof shows that the lot has a depth of but eighty feet. The contract contains a provision that the seller shall give and the purchasers shall take and accept a title " such as the Title Guarantee & Trust Co. will approve and insure." There is no proof in the case that in the circumstances the title company would insure for a lot eighty-five feet in depth. The special verdict was contrary to the evidence. Findings of fact and conclusions of law inconsistent herewith are reversed and new finding's and conclusions will be made. Order denying motion to set aside verdict and for a new trial reversed and motion granted to the extent of setting aside the-verdict, without costs. Lazansky, P. J., Young and Seeger, JJ., concur; Rich and Scudder, JJ., dissent and vote to affirm. Settle order on notice.