Legal Opinion · Dissent
Reed v. James W. Bell & Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided April 24, 1947Published
1DissentHecht, J.
The question presented is whether the landlord comes within any of the exceptions set forth in section 8 of chapter 3 of the Laws of 1945, as amended by - chapter 272 of the Laws of 1946.
Prior to the 1946 amendment of the Commercial Rent Law the courts uniformly held that subdivision (d) of section 8 of the Act only applied to owners, not tenant landlords (Trade Accessories v. Bellet, 184 Misc. 962, appeal dismissed 295 N. Y. 763; Rlitzkrieg Amuse. Corp. v. Rubinstein Bros. Drinks, 184 Misc. 975; Gilroy v. Becker, 186 Misc. 93).
Section 8 of the statute, as amended in 1946 by the addition of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Trade Accessories, Inc. v. BelletNew York Supreme Court · 1945
- Gilroy v. BeckerAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1945
- Blitzkrieg Amusement Corp. v. Rubenstein Bros.City of New York Municipal Court · 1945
- Trade Accessories, Inc. v. BelletNew York Court of Appeals · 1946
- A. E. F.'s, Inc. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1946