Francis v. Ferguson

The complaint alleges that the defendant Ferguson, on November 12, 1920, entered into a written lease with William Burrows whereby she demised to Burrows a garage property in New York city for the term of ten years, at a rental of $16,000 a year until September 1, 1926, and thereafter at a yearly rental of $18,000; that William Burrows died in November, 1925, leaving a last will, upon the probate of which letters testamentary were issued to these plaintiffs, as executors; that the plaintiffs as such executors entered into an agreement with the defendant Archer for the transfer of the lease to…