CHAVES v. KORNFELD

4541, 102079/09, 4541A.

83 A.D.3d 522 (2011)

921 N.Y.S.2d 64

JOY BARBOSA CHAVES et al., Respondents, v. STEPHEN KORNFELD et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided April 19, 2011.


The court properly found that defendants purchasers had breached the contract for sale of the cooperative apartment and that plaintiffs sellers were entitled to retain the down payment as liquidated damages. Defendants' counsel admits in his letter of August 2, 2008, purporting to cancel the contract, and in his affidavit below, that defendants expressly waived enforcement of the July 2, 2008 time-of-the-essence closing date contained in the contract and addendum, which mandated...

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