Legal Opinion · Dissent
Crane, A.G. v. 206 West 41st Street Hotel Associates, L.P.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 23, 2011Published
1Dissent
Acosta, J. (dissenting).
Because I believe that under the facts of this case, the president of the hotel corporation had the *181authority to engage counsel to defend the foreclosure action, I respectfully dissent.
In 2001, John Lucas (Lucas) and Benjamin Soleimani (Soleimani) partnered to acquire the long-term lease to real property located at 206 West 41st Street, New York, New York, for the purpose of developing, owning and operating a hotel known as “Hotel 41.” Towards this end, they formed defendant 206 West 41st Street Hotel Associates, L.E (the LP), which has two limited partners, Carroll…
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