Bennett v. . Van Syckel

The suit was instituted for the purpose of compelling an assignment to the plaintiff of a lease of premises n New York, given by one G-oelet, who was the owner, to the defendant. The plaintiff claimed the assignment, on the ground that he had been the defendant’s assignee of a prior lease, to which was attached a customary privilege of renewal; and he alleged, in substance, that the defendant had surreptitiously obtained the new lease, thus depriving him of the privilege to which he was entitled. Judgment was rendered in June, 1854, at the special term of the Superior Court of the city of New…