Yorkville Square Club, Inc. v. Lichtenberger

Joseph Fischl, deceased, and the defendant Joseph Lichtenberger, on June 19, 1924, represented to the plaintiff that they were the president and treasurer respectively of Mozart Yerein von New York, a membership corporation, and authorized to lease and sell certain premises of such Mozart Yerein located at No. 328 East Eighty-sixth street, New York city. They and plaintiff executed, acknowledged and mutually delivered a written instrument purporting to be an agreement of lease for the term of five years from July 1, 1924, to June 30, 1929. The instrument also contained an option to plaintiff…