Odell v. . Durant
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. . The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. A lease of agricultural lands for a longer period than twelve years is void.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. . The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. A lease of agricultural lands for a longer period than twelve years is void. (Const., art. 1, § 14; Hart v. Hart, 22 Barb., 606; Stephens v. Reynolds, 6 N. Y., 457; Parsell v. Stuyker, 14 id., 480.) It is no defence that the lease is not for agricultural purposes.” (Const., art. 1, § 14; Allen v. Cook, 26 Barb., 374; Sedg. on 8tat. and Const. Law, 379,…
1Opinion of the CourtRapallo, J.
This action was brought to recover rent of a lot of land in Westchester county, reserved in a lease thereof to the defendant for the term of seventeen years, from the 15th of October, 1872, at $300 per annum. The demised premises' were described in the lease as the lot of the parties of the first part, situate in the town of Cortlandt, on the northerly side of their mill pond, called the iron ore lot, containing about six acres, with the right and privilege to the lessee to dig, excavate and remove iron ore from said lot. The lessors reserved certain rights of way, and also the exclusive use…
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