Greason v. . Keteltas
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Supreme Court. The prayer of the complaint was that the defendants be decreed specifically to perform the covenants in a certain lease of land in the city of New-York, for a renewal thereof, or for paying the value of the buildings thereon, in case of a failure to renew.
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Appeal from the Supreme Court. The prayer of the complaint was that the defendants be decreed specifically to perform the covenants in a certain lease of land in the city of New-York, for a renewal thereof, or for paying the value of the buildings thereon, in case of a failure to renew. As an alternative it prayed judgment for the value of the buildings and of a renewal of the lease, to be appraised under the direction of the court, and for the rents and profits of the land since the expiration of the original lease. ■Upon the trial, before Mr. Justice Roosevelt, at special term, and without…
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.]
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The trustees under the will of John Gardner took an estate in fee; and although that estate was not absolute, but determinable upon the death of the three children of the testator, the whole legal title was, nevertheless, during the continuance of the estate, vested in the trustees. By virtue of this title, the trustees had…
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