Opinion · New York Court of Appeals
Wells v. Alexandre
130 N.Y. 642
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- New York Court of Appeals
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Date
- 1891-12-01
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- inferring "a covenant to give such notice" because "any other construction would make the contract unreasonable, and place one of the parties entirely at the mercy of the other"
- “[I]f a notice was requisite to its proper execution, a covenant to give such notice will be inferred, for any other construction would make the contract unreasonable, and place one of the parties entirely at the mercy of the other.” (citations omitted)
- “[I]f a notice was requisite to its proper execution, a covenant to give such notice will be inferred, for any other construction would make the contract unreasonable, and place one of the parties entirely at the mercy of the other”
Citator
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- Cited by
- 77 opinions
Parker, J.,
reads for reversal.
All concur, except Haight, J., dissenting.
Judgment reversed.