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· 6/27/1997

In Re the Liquidation of the New York Agency

Citations

  • 683 N.E.2d 756
  • 90 N.Y.2d 410
  • 660 N.Y.S.2d 850
  • 33 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 1188
  • 1997 N.Y. LEXIS 1381

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • \The doctrine of mutual mistake requires that the mistake exist at the time the contract is negotiated.\
  • “The doctrine of mutual mistake requires that the mistake exist at the time the contract is negotiated.”
  • “equity and good conscience” are “the fundamental requirements] for the imposition of a constructive trust”
  • “The doctrine of mutual mistake requires that generally asserted to be voidable, unless the basis for the mistake exist at the time the contract is negotiated.”
  • “A branch or agency of a bank is not a separate entity.”
  • referring to “impossibility/impracticability of performance”

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Judges: Wesley

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