Queens Plaza Amusements, Inc. v. Queens Bridge Realty Corp.

Plaintiff sues for specific performance of a contract by defendant to build and lease plaintiff a theatre under a lease agreement which has elaborate provisions in it; the building construction would be an operation extending over a long time and involve a great multitude of details, because of the nature of the building and the numerous provisions of the lease contract relating to its leasing and use. At the end of the plaintiff’s case the defendant moved to dismiss on the ground that the action is brought for relief inherently ungrantable in a court of equity, and that since the court has…