Shupnick v. Pershing Auto Leasing, Inc.

Lawrence Shupnick, plaintiff in the trial court, appeals a $7,200 judgment entered in his favor following a non-jury trial in this action for breach of contract.

In consideration of Shupnick’s efforts in obtaining for the defendant Pershing Auto Leasing (Pershing) the auto leasing concession at the then Four Ambassadors Hotel, Pershing executed a letter agreement on July 13, 1967, which provided inter alia that Pershing would furnish Shupnick the use of two new and fully insured and serviced Cadillacs a year for as long as Pershing maintained the auto leasing concession. Subsequently, Pershing…