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192 N.Y. 162

84 N.E 805

Emerick v. . Hackett

New York Court of Appeals

Decided May 19, 1908

New York Court of Appeals · decided 1908-05-19

This action was brought to compel specific performance of an option of purchase contained in a written lease of a farm theretofore entered into by plaintiff’s assignor as lessee and the defendant as lessor, and resulted in a judgment directing the defendant to specifically perform such option and convey and transfer by warranty deed the farm in question free of any and all incumbrance, mortgage or lien, on the tender to her or to her attorney of a certain sum of money.

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Decided 1908-05-19

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Per Curiam.

¶1 We think the judgment of the trial court erroneous in having required the defendant to convey the lands by a “ warranty deed.” The contract of the parties was that the plaintiff should have the privilege of buying the farm ” of the defendant for $3,000, and it contained no provision for any covenants, or as to the form of the deed, upon the privilege being availed of. It was early settled in this state that in such cases the vendor was only bound to deliver a deed sufcient in law to pass the title. (Van Eps v Mayor, etc., of Schenectady, 12 Johns. 442; Ketchum v. Evertson, 13 ib. 359; Gazley v. Price, 16 ib. 267.)

¶2 As this farm was found to have been free from any liens or incumbrances at the time of the contract, it was proper to direct the defendant to convey it free from any such.

¶3 The judgment should be modified by striking therefrom the word “ warranty,” and as so modified should be affirmed, without costs in this court to either party.

¶4 Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett, Hiscock and Chase, JJ., concur.

¶5 Judgment accordingly.

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