Case Name: Tobias Jungreis, Appellant, v. Clarence Wickham, Jr., et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1972-12-26
Citations: 40 A.D.2d 1016
Docket Number: 
Parties: Tobias Jungreis, Appellant, v. Clarence Wickham, Jr., et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 40
Pages: 1016–1016

Head Matter:
Tobias Jungreis, Appellant, v. Clarence Wickham, Jr., et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
In an action by a vendee for specific performance of a contract to sell real property, plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Ulster County, dated October 6, 1972' and entered in Orange County on October 18, 1972, which. granted defendants' motion to cancel a notice of pendency filed January 4, 1972. Order reversed, with $10 costs and disbursements, and motion denied, with $10 costs. The defendant owners of the subject real property are husband and wife. Service of the summons and complaint on the defendant wife alone was sufficient to prevent cancellation of the notice of pendency (Baer v. Schwartz, 14 A D 2d 539; 13 Carmody-Wait, 2d, N. Y. Practice, § 87:44). Hopkins, Acting P. J., Munder, Gulotta, Brennan and Benjamin, JJ., concur.