Cortlandt Cafeteria, Inc. v. Cortlandt & Dey Streets Corp.

The question arising from this submitted controversy is whether the landlord is entitled to the fixation of a reasonable rent in excess of the emergency rent pursuant to section 4 of the Business and Commercial Rent Laws (L. 1945, ch. 314, as amd.; L. 1945, ch. 3, as amd.). Portions of the building come within each of these acts, but the language of the sections is the same, so that it is treated as a single question. This concerns the alternative proceeding instituted under the second paragraph of section 4 of the Business and Commercial Rent Laws as amended by chapter 534 of the Laws of…