Smith v. A. D. Farmer Type-Founding Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from city court of New York, general term. Action by Charles C. Smith, as executor and trustee of the will of Adaline L. Gregg, deceased, against the A. D. Farmer Type Founding Company, to recover rent. From an order of the city court (40 N. Y. Supp. 356) sustaining defendant’s exceptions and ordering judgment absolute for. defendant and against plaintiff personally for costs, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcADAM, J.
—On January 29, 1887, an indenture of lease was executed by Adaline L. Gregg, then of the city of Brooklyn, to Aaron D. Farmer and others, composing the firm, of Farmer, Little & Co., of the premises known as Nos. 62 and 64 Gold street, in the city of New York, for the term of 10 years from May 1, 1887, at the yearly rent of $3,500, payable in equal monthly payments of $291.67 each, in advance. The lessees entered under the lease, and occupied the premises until about July 6, 1892, when they organized a corporation by the name of the A. D. Farmer Type-Founding Company, the defendant herein.…
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