Glendening v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Western Union Telegraph Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 5th day of February, 1916, overruling a demurrer to the amended complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.:
This action is brought to recover the sum of $100,000 damages claimed to have been sustained by plaintiff by reason of defendant’s unlawful acts. Plaintiff leased from defendant on April 28, 1908, part of the premises 8, 10 and 12 Dey street in the city of New York for a term of years, and entered into possession thereof, maintaining a restaurant therein. It is his claim that “ soon after the making of said lease, defendant contemplated the development of its said real estate by the removal of the antiquated buildings standing thereon and the erection in their stead of new…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Glendening v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914