Ivy Courts Realty Co v. Barker
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of ISTew York, borough of Manhattan, first district, rendered in favor of the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiff is the owner of an apartment house and seeks to hold the defendant as a hold-over after the expiration of his lease. In order, to establish the terms of the original lease, the plaintiff offered in evidence a lease in the name of R. F. Kilpatrick, agent, and signed by the defendant. The lease bore no seal but was in printed form and contained an attestation clause: “ In Witness Whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seal the 25th day of September, 1908.” " The defendant objected that this instrument was incomplete in that it was unsigned by the other party and offered the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Briggs v. . PartridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- United Merchants' Realty & Improvement Co. v. RothNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Schaefer v. . HenkelNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Anderson v. ConnerAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1904
- United Realty & Mortgage Co. v. StoothoffAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
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