William Kaufman v. The McLaughlin Company

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, hereafter plaintiff, appeals from a judgment on a verdict directed for defendants at the close of plaintiff’s case. We affirm.

On November 19, 1958, plaintiff bought from one Karnell the hotel building at 2400 Sixteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, D. C. The contract of November 19, 1958, for this sale of premises, also contained an agreement whereby, simultaneously with transfer of title to plaintiff, plaintiff leased the hotel to Karbud Operating Corporation (Karbud) wholly owned by Karnell.

The lease provided that the tenant was to keep the buildings…