Case Name: Ernest L. Prior, Appellant, v. Margaret B. Self, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1924-04-01
Citations: 237 N.Y. 619
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ernest L. Prior, Appellant, v. Margaret B. Self, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 237
Pages: 619–620

Head Matter:
Ernest L. Prior, Appellant, v. Margaret B. Self, Respondent.
Contract — option — action to recover money paid for option to purchase real property.
Prior v. Self, 207 App. Div. 847, affirmed.
(Submitted February 21, 1924;
decided April 1, 1924.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 14, 1923, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict. The action was to recover a sum of money paid as alleged as security for the performance of a contract to buy real property, which was never consummated owing to defects in the title. Defendant contended that the money was paid for an option to purchase which • plaintiff refused to exercise.
Stephen Van Wyck for appellant.
John G. Jackson for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscook, Ch. J., Pound,' McLaughlin, Crane and Andrews, JJ. Dissenting: Cardozo and Lehman, JJ.