Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of US v. Grosvenor

RULING ON MOTIONS FOR • JUDGMENT

McRAE, District Judge.

Plaintiff, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (hereinafter called “Equitable” or “plaintiff”), filed its Complaint for a Declaratory Judgment herein seeking an adjudication of the rights of the parties under a certain written lease agreement. The particular controversy at issue relates to whether Equitable as lessee must pay rent to the defendants in the amount of $1,500 a month in currency of the United States or whether it must pay such rent in gold coins of the standard weight and fineness as of May 1, 1927, or…