Louis Friedman Realty Co. v. De Stefan

Plaintiff leased to defendant vacant property to be used as a gasoline station and garage. The property, according to the facts stipulated, was in a district restricted by the zoning ordinance to business and thus closed to the erection of garages intended for more than five cars without permission of the board of standards and appeals, in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance (Zoning Ordinance, § 21; Id. § 4, item 15.) The lease contained a covenant that the tenant should “ secure the necessary permits from the municipal and State authorities and shall comply with all the…