Legal Opinion
Lesser v. Rayner
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided November 15, 1897PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal by defendant from judgment of the Third District Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdam, J.
The assignee of one Marianne Keller brings the action to recover damages for conversion.
On November 6, 1893, the plaintiff’s assignor leased to the defendant a lot of land, in the city of Hoboken, New Jersey, with a brick front building and certain sheds thereon, for the term of three years from May 1, 1894. The brick building was let for business purposes, and the sheds for storage or stabling. The lease contains the special covenant that the tenant‘will at the expiration of the term quit and surrender the premises in as good state and condition as reasonable use and wear thereof will…
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