Sirgrom Properties, Inc. v. Air King Products Co.

Action by a landlord against assignees of a lease for commercial premises, and against others who might have an interest therein, for a declaratory judgment declaring that the lease was can-celled and terminated by election of the landlord, in pursuance of a provision in the lease, upon the filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy by the lessee after the latter had assigned the lease. The assignment was with consent of the landlord. The assignees and two other defendants interposed a joint answer which contained five separate defenses and, on behalf of the assignees, a counterclaim for a…