Case Name: Walter J. Willard, Sr., et al., Appellants, v. James Mercer et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1983-02-08
Citations: 58 N.Y.2d 840
Docket Number: 
Parties: Walter J. Willard, Sr., et al., Appellants, v James Mercer et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 58
Pages: 840–842

Head Matter:
Walter J. Willard, Sr., et al., Appellants, v James Mercer et al., Respondents.
Argued January 6, 1983;
decided February 8, 1983
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Edward J. Grogan for appellants.
Thomas D. Latin for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
In this case, in which time was not made of the essence in the contract of purchase and sale, the prospective purchasers neither sought to fix a law day for the closing of title nor afforded the sellers a reasonable opportunity to remedy a concededly curable defect of title before repudiating the contract. In this circumstance the buyers were not entitled to a refund of their down payment.
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg, Meyer and Simons concur.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.