People Ex Rel. Reilly v. Johnson
New York Court of Appeals
On the 28th day of February, 1861, the Appellants presented to O. W. Van Voorhis, the Justice of the Seventh District Court of the city of Hew York, the affidavit of Frederick Johnson, one of the Appellants, and thereupon demanded process to remove the Relator,'Thomas Reilly, from the premises known as Hermitage Hall, in the city of Hew York, upon the ground that said Reilly was a tenant of the said Appellants, and was holding over after the expiration of his term, without…
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On the 28th day of February, 1861, the Appellants presented to O. W. Van Voorhis, the Justice of the Seventh District Court of the city of Hew York, the affidavit of Frederick Johnson, one of the Appellants, and thereupon demanded process to remove the Relator,'Thomas Reilly, from the premises known as Hermitage Hall, in the city of Hew York, upon the ground that said Reilly was a tenant of the said Appellants, and was holding over after the expiration of his term, without the leave of his landlords. On the 1st day of March, 1861, the Justice issued a summons against Reilly, requiring him to…
1Opinion of the CourtBacon, J.
There is but a single question in this case, and that arises upon a ruling made by the magistrate before whom the proceeding was taken to oust the Relator from the premises of which, it was alleged, he was a tenant. In the affidavit which was the foundation of the proceedings before Van Yoorliis, the Appellant Johnson had sworn that Reilly, the Relator, was the tenant of Johnson and Cornell (who claimed to have been the owners in fee of the premises) in March, 1859, for six months from that date ; and on the 22d of September, 1859, they had let the premises to him for a further term of three…
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