Gushee v. City of New York

Plaintiff originally leased from the city the building called the Claremont, located in Riverside park, for one year, from April-1, 1896, and under a resolution of. the department of public parks, adopted about March 15, 1897, the plaintiff continued in possession, a formal lease for five years from April 1, 1897, being executed in November, 1897. Plaintiff has performed all the conditions of the agreement on his part, and has paid or tendered the rent as it became due.

The principal, if not the only question raised is as to the power of the department of public parks to make a lease for a…