Ames Contracting Co. v. City University

Order of the Court of Claims (Weisberg, J.), entered August 8, 1983, denying defendant’s motion to *610dismiss claimant’s claims, reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion granted.

Pursuant to a contract dated July 28, 1971, claimant-respondent Ames Contracting Co., Inc. (Ames) agreed to erect, maintain and lease to the Board of Higher Education in the City of New York (Board), defendant-appellant’s predecessor, a temporary dining hall at Herbert H. Lehman College, a facility then owned and operated by the Board. The term of the lease was five years at a net annual rental of $99,300. At…