William Grossman v. Beck

Motion by plaintiffs for summary judgment and cross motion by defendants for judgment “pursuant to rule 112 of the Buies of Civil Practice ” (judgment on the pleadings, although in the motion papers, it is denominated “ summary judgment ”).

The defendants, in 1947, became the owners of a bungalow designated as 129 Broadway, Howard Beach, Queens County, but not of the land upon which it stood. They were obligated to pay ground rent to the owners of the fee. That is a situation quite common to that neighborhood.

On April 12,1955 and while defendants were residing in said bungalow, they sold it to…