Big Four Realty Corp. v. Belnord Garage

The question presented upon this appeal is whether the defendant, appellant, is hable to the plaintiff for real estate taxes assessed and imposed on March 3, 1930, upon premises then occupied by the former as assignee of the original lessee. The lease of which the defendant, appellant, was assignee was dated February 25, 1909, and was for a term of twenty-one years from the 1st day of May, 1909, “ to be fully completed and ended on ' the First day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty.” It contained a provision obhging the tenant to pay “ all such duties, taxes, assessments…