Wallace v. Dinniny
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from city court, general term. Action by Ruth A. Wallace against Ferrel O. Dinniny, Jr. From a judgment of the city court (30 N. Y. Supp. 830) affirming a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
This action was brought to recover rent due under a written lease for the term of five years. The answer set up an assignment of the lease to the Thompson Hydraulic Company by defendant, and alleged that such assignee had been accepted as tenant by the plaintiff. Upon the trial, judgment was directed in favor of the plaintiff for the amount claimed. The evidence showed that the lease in suit was executed by the plaintiff, but that the negotiations leading to the leasing were had through David Wallace, her husband, as her agent, and that it was with this individual alone that the conversations…
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