Greenpoint Coal Docks, Inc. v. Newtown Creek Realty Corp.

This action was tried before me without a jury. Plaintiff, a tenant occupying premises No. 37 Commercial Street, in the borough of Brooklyn, seeks a declaratory judgment adjudging as valid an extension of an option to purchase the said premises. The extension is in the form of a letter dated April 11, 1946, from plaintiff (tenant) to defendant (landlord) which letter was indorsed “ Read, Accepted and Approved: Newtown Creek Realty, by L. Arnaud, President, Landlord.”

Plaintiff’s proof indicates that a lease covering the premises afore-mentioned was entered into between plaintiff and defendant,…