MATUSIK v. EMMERLING


202 A.D.2d 944 (1994)

609 N.Y.S.2d 458

Jo Ellen Matusik, Appellant, v. Mary Lou Emmerling, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

March 31, 1994


We find that defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing this action for specific performance was properly granted. The plain language of the parties' contract for the conveyance of real property states that a retention by plaintiff of defendant's deposit following a default by defendant constitutes the acceptance of liquidated damages and terminates the contract. Here, plaintiff admittedly failed to return defendant's deposit and this election of remedies by her mandates...

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