Plath v. Kline
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Ernst Plath, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the "county of Kings on the 25th day of November, 1896, upon the verdict of a-jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s "office oil the 17th day of December,, 1896, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Bradley, J.:
The plaintiff, by this action, sought to recover rent apparently due upon a lease made by him to the defendant of certain premises, known as No. 16 Delancey street in the city of New York, on April 3, 1893, for the term of four years from the first day of May then following. The alleged defense is that the premises were leased to the defendant by the plaintiff to be used by her as a bawdy house or house of assignation, for immoral purposes, and that they were occupied and used by her for such purposes, with his knowledge and consent, until December, 1894, when they were vacated by…
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