Edgar A. Levy Leasing Co. v. Siegel
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT'OP THE STATE OP HEW YORK. Error to. two judgments entered in the Supreme Court of New York pursuant to remittiturs from the Court of Appeals and dismissing actions brought by the present plaintiffs in error, in the first case to recover rent under a lease and in the second to eject a tenant holding over after the expiration of his lease.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT'OP THE STATE OP HEW YORK. Error to. two judgments entered in the Supreme Court of New York pursuant to remittiturs from the Court of Appeals and dismissing actions brought by the present plaintiffs in error, in the first case to recover rent under a lease and in the second to eject a tenant holding over after the expiration of his lease. The premises leased were apartments in New York City. ■ In both cases there were appeals in the first instance to the Appellate Division, and thence to the Court of Appeals. A summary of the New York Housing Laws, the provisions of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clarke
delivered the opinion of the .court.
These two cases were argued and will be disposed of together.
A motion to dismiss or affirm was filed in each case, on. the ground that each is ruled by the decision in Marcus Brown Holding Co. v. Feldman, 256 U. S. 170, and both were postponed to the hearing on the merits.
The essential question presented for decision in the Marcus Brown Case was, and in these cases is, the constitutional validity of the Emergency Housing Laws of the State of New York,- approved by the Governor September 27, 1920, cc. 942 to 953, inclusive, Laws of New York, 1920.
By these…
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