Steinfield v. Wilcox
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of plaintiffs and against defendant in the Municipal Court of the seventh district, for the sum of $342.40. The action was brought to recover for six months’ rent of an office in the Cable building "in New York city, claimed by the plaintiffs to have been leased to the defendant at a monthly rental of $62.50. The material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, P. J.
The whole question in this case seems to hinge upon the question whether a certain instrument in writing, signed by the defendant, taken in connection with the testimony in the case, was a lease or simply an agreement for a lease. The instrument introduced in evidence, and called plaintiffs’ exhibit Ho. 1, reads as follows:
“ Jan. 21st, 1898.
“ Mess. Steinfield Bros.:
“ Messrs.—I hereby agree to lease the office, Ho. 412 Cable building, from February 1st, 1898, for the term of one year, at an annual lease of $150' per year, with the proviso» that the Metropolitan Street Railway Co., the owners…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Pratt v. . Hudson River Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Lockwood v. LockwoodNew York Supreme Court · 1891