Schlessel v. Sherman

The plaintiffs sue for rent of certain premises, situated at 327 West Thirty-sixth street, borough of Manhattan, for the month of May, 1927, amounting to $166.66, under a written lease, dated December 24, 1924, made by the plaintiffs with the defendants Sherman and Lefkowitz, and assigned, with the written consent of the landlords, to the defendant Katz on October 30, 1925. The consent to the assignment stipulated that it did not release said Sherman and Lefkowitz “ from responsibility under the lease.” Katz assigned the lease in February, 1926, to Gortona Dress Company, Inc.

The defendant…