Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, Inc. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Defendant, as a private proprietor, owns in the borough of The Bronx in New York City, a residential community called Parkchester, which is said to be the largest of its kind in the world, covering 129 acres and housing 12,000 family units made up of some 35,000 people, in 171 adjoining and “ interrelated ” apartment houses. These buildings are seven to twelve stories high. Through Parkchester run two public highways and in it are a number of private streets, lanes and parks, as well as shops, offices, and automobile service stations, the latter operated by tenants of defendant. All of the…