New York Court of Appeals

Robert Murray v. . James L. Harway, Impleaded

April 14, 187456 N.Y. 337

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the lower court's judgment and ordered a new trial, holding that the defendant possessed good title to the lease and could convey it, that the conditional parol promise was not enforceable due to impossibility, and that no mutual rescission had occurred.