Arnold Ray Seligmann & Co. v. Grotsky

The action is brought by a tenant under a written lease to recover from the owner of certain premises, known as No. 7 West Thirty-sixth street, for the expense incurred in making alterations to comply with an order for the widening of the roadway and sidewalk of West Thirty-sixth street, Manhattan.

The plaintiff was in possession under a written lease executed on June 27, 1904, and assigned on December 11, 1905, to a partnership, to the business of which plaintiff succeeded. The defendant obtained title to such premises on June 30, 1921, subject to said lease and assignment. On or about June…