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Bert N. Dawley, Appellant, v. Mary Pearson, Respondent, 1908 — 192 N.Y. 556 · caselaw · US
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Bert N. Dawley, Appellant, v. Mary Pearson, Respondent
192 N.Y. 556·New York Court of Appeals·1908·NY
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Opinion
Bert N. Dawley, Appellant, v. Mary Pearson, Respondent.
Dawley v. Pearson, 119 App. Div. 869. affirmed.
(Argued April 20, 1908;
decided May 19, 1908.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered May 7, 1907, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special' Term in an action to compel the specific performance of a contract for the sale of real property.
Frank Harvey Field and Walter Lester Glenney for appellant.
J. Edward Swanstrom and Conrad Saxe Keyes for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett, Hiscock and Chase, JJ.