Mutual Life Insurance v. Prever Lumber Co.

This summary proceeding for the possession of premises occupied by the tenant after default in payment of rent due and demanded for the month of February was instituted by filing a petition and obtaining from the clerk a precept containing a demand for a money judgment.

The petition contains the following allegations (quoting so much as is material to the question presented): “ The petition of Jas. N. Wells' Sons, Inc., of said city respectfully shows that your petitioner by Ross F. Eadie, vice-president, a domestic corporation organized and existing under the law of the State of New York, is…