· 9/15/1960
Bishop v. Beecher
Citations
- 355 P.2d 277
- 67 N.M. 339
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that forfeiture provisions in real estate contracts will be enforced if they are clear, “absent unfairness which shocks the conscience of the court”
- discussing advantages of this type of real estate financing to thousands of residential purchasers, and stating that there is no inequity in forfeiture considering that the buyer has retained land of great value for little money down, often for a long period of time
- enforcing forfeiture under clear language of real estate contract
- real estate contract is not a mortgage
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Judges: Carmody, Compton, Moise, Chavez, Noble
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