The plaintiff contracted to sell a house to the defendants and accepted a check for the down payment. When the defendants canceled the contract and stopped payment on the check, the plaintiff sued for a breach claiming a right to the down payment — a right traditionally allowed in this State under the rule set forth in Lawrence v Miller (86 N.Y. 131). The trial court denied...
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