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Tetz v. Dexter

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 3, 1987
133 A.D.2d 79 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

Opinion

August 3, 1987

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Orange County (Green, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The purchase offer signed by the parties failed to satisfy the requirements of the Statute of Frauds (General Obligations Law § 5-703) since it did not adequately identify the property in question, its purchase price, the commencement date of the balloon mortgage or the terms of the planning board approval listed as a condition of the sale. Moreover, the purchase offer contained a provision wherein the parties specifically agreed that it was subject to the preparation and execution of a more formal contract.

Because material terms of the offer were omitted or were left for future negotiations and because the parties specifically noted that a more formal contract was to follow, the purchase offer failed to satisfy the requirements of the Statute of Frauds (see, Willmott v. Giarraputo, 5 N.Y.2d 250; Tamir v. Greenberg, 119 A.D.2d 665, lv denied 68 N.Y.2d 607; Sheehan v. Culotta, 99 A.D.2d 544; Read v. Henzel, 67 A.D.2d 186). Mollen, P.J., Brown, Weinstein and Rubin, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Tetz v. Dexter

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 3, 1987
133 A.D.2d 79 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)
Case details for

Tetz v. Dexter

Case Details

Full title:EDWARD TETZ, JR., Appellant, v. THOMAS A. DEXTER, Respondent

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Aug 3, 1987

Citations

133 A.D.2d 79 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

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