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William F. Donnelly, Appellant, v. Caroline F. Wight et al., Respondents, 1908 — 192 N.Y. 561 · caselaw · US
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William F. Donnelly, Appellant, v. Caroline F. Wight et al., Respondents
192 N.Y. 561·New York Court of Appeals·1908·NY
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Opinion
William F. Donnelly, Appellant, v. Caroline F. Wight et al., Respondents.
Donnelly v. Wight, 120 App. Div. 875, affirmed.
(Argued April 23, 1908;
decided May 26, 1908.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered June 12,1907, affirming- a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a dismissal of .the complaint by the court on trial at Special Term in an action to compel the specific performance of a contract for the sale of real property.
Alton B. Parker and William L. Stone, Jr., for appellant.
Charles L. Jones for respondents,
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Gray, Werner, Willard Bartlett, Hiscock and Chase, JJ. Not voting: Cullen, Ch. J., and Vann, J.