Borough Bill Posting Co. v. Levy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal in the first action by the defendants, Joseph Levy arid another, 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 14th day of February, 1911, granting the plaintiff’s motion for an injunction.
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Appeal in the first action by the defendants, Joseph Levy arid another, 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 14th day of February, 1911, granting the plaintiff’s motion for an injunction. Appeal in the second action by the plaintiff, the American • Bill Posting Company, 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 25th day of January, 1911, denying, the plaintiff’s motion for an injunction…
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J. :
The American Bill Posting Company contends that the instrument dated April 20, 1910, executed by Joseph Levy and the Borough Bill Posting Company, is not a lease, and had no greater effect than a mere parol license from the former to the latter,, and that as such it was' revocable at will, notwithstanding the licensee may have incurred expenses upon the faith thereof. (Mumford v. Whitney, 15 Wend. 380 ; Murdock v. - Prospect P. & C. I. R. R. Co., 73 N. Y. 579 ; Cronkhite v. Cronkhite, 94 id. 323; Crosdale v. Lanigan, 129 id. 604; White v. Manhattan R. Co., 139 id. 19 ; Brown v. City…
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