Sturz v. Leo

In an action to recover damages for breach of a contract to make a lease of certain property for a term of ninety-nine years, the plaintiff had a verdict for $30,750 general damages, based on the rule in Bondy v. Harvey (218 App. Div. 126), and a directed verdict for two items aggregating $1,764.62. On motion by the defendant for a new trial the motion was granted unless the plaintiff stipulated to reduce the damages to $20,000, with interest from July 1, 1932. Such stipulation was given and judgment was entered for the plaintiff. Order, in so far as it grants, upon certain conditions,…