Webb & Knapp, Inc. v. Churchill's Terminal Restaurant, Inc.

In 1952, the landlord, Webb & Knapp, Inc. and 5239 Corporation, and the tenant, Churchill’s Terminal Restaurant, Inc., executed a lease for a portion at the northwest corner of 41st Street and Park Avenue of the ground floor in the Airlines Terminal Building, at an annual rental of $32,500 for a term to commence upon a delivery of future possession and to expire in 1972. The lease was silent on the subject of exterior signs. In January, 1955, the architect, landlord’s employee, to whom the tenant had been submitting all its plans in connection with the alteration and reconstruction of the…