Campbell v. Kerr’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Federal Communications Commission v. Home Box Office, Inc. · Getz v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of US · Farmington National Bank v. Basin Plastics, Inc. · STATE, BY & THROUGH DEPT. OF HYS. v. Helehan · Robison v. Katz
Most-quoted passages
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“The Samuells-Kerr contract requires demand to be made at a specified address upon Kerr [the vendee]. This was done. We know of no affirmative duty placed upon a vendor in this situation to attempt to find the vendee, or to contact subpurchasers. ... Stepnowski [successor to Samuells, the vendors] fulfilled his obligation under the contract to notify Kerr. If Kerr wished to insure notice, he should have notified his vendor or the escrow agent. Likewise, there is privity of estate, but not privity of contract between a vendor and subpurchasers. Stepnowski had no legal duty to notify Campbell [a subvendee] of his demand upon Kerr. A subpurchaser of land from a purchaser with notice of the terms of the contract between the original vendor and the purchaser takes the land subject to such terms. Campbell had notice of the terms of the Samuells-Kerr contract. She could have requested notice in the event of a demand from the vendor. She did not.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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