Mann v. Steinberg

Plaintiff sues to recover damages sustained by reason of the alleged unreasonable refusal of defendant’s decedent to consent to the subletting of certain premises which •plaintiff had leased from him.

The lease contained the following clause relative to plaintiff’s right to sublet: “ And the said Tenant further covenants that the said premises shall be used and occupied only by tenant and members of tenant’s immediate family for the purposes of a strictly private dwelling and that tenant will not assign this Lease, mortgage or pledge the same, nor let or underlet the whole or any part of said…