Wolf v. 243 Corp.

In my opinion the judgment appealed from should be reversed and a new trial granted. There is in the case at bar no indication in the lease of any intention to incorporate therein the limitation of liability provided by section 200 of the General Business Law. This section was intended only as a limitation of the liability of an innkeeper as an insurer of the property of his guests. (Millhiser v. Beau Site Co., 251 N. Y. 290.) It does not ordinarily apply to the relationship which existed between the parties hereto, namely, that of landlord and tenant. (Hackett v. Bell Operating Co., 181 App.…