Legal Opinion

Brill v. Friedhoff

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 9, 1920PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal by the defendants, Maria R. Friedhoff and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of February, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29th day of January, 1919, denying defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s…

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Appeal by the defendants, Maria R. Friedhoff and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of February, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29th day of January, 1919, denying defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 20th day of February, 1919, directing said clerk to tax costs and disbursements against the defendants in…

1Opinion of the Court

Dowling, J.:

On October 30, 1907, plaintiffs leased to Henry C. Meyer the premises known as No. 51 Cortlandt street in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, for the term of twelve years from October 1, 1907, at the yearly rental of $9,000 per annum, payable in equal monthly installments in advance, until May 1,1909; and at the yearly rental of $11,500 for the remainder of the lease, payable in like manner. The lease contained the following clause: “And the said lessee further covenants and agrees to take good care of the building upon the demised premises and keep the same in good order…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. MacKellar v. SiglerNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1874

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of GoldburgNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
  2. Millison v. ClarkeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
  3. In re the Estate of AdamsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
  4. Dasanat Realty Corp. v. MurrayCity of New York Municipal Court · 1930
  5. In re KerrDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1939

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