Wurster v. Armfield
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal "by the defendant, William W: Armiield, 'from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 12th day of J une, 1900, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, decreeing the specific performance of a contract.
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Appeal "by the defendant, William W: Armiield, 'from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 12th day of J une, 1900, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, decreeing the specific performance of a contract. Also an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 19th day of April, 1900, denying the defendant’s motion to have issues framed for a jury trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
In November, 1889, one Mary Rebecca Armiield, who was the owner of certain premises described in the complaint, executed and delivered to the plaintiffs a lease of three lots of ground situated on the easterly side of Kent avenue, in the then city of Brooklyn, about ninety-two feet and four inches from Broadway. This lease was for a term of ten years, and it provided that the plaintiffs should “ be entitled to a further demise of said premises for an additional term of ten years, to commence upon the termination of the foregoing lease, provided they shall not be in default in the…
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