Rappaport v. Raylen Realty Corp.

This is an action for a temporary and a permanent injunction and an assessment of damages.

The plaintiff, Samuel Rappaport, has been for many years, and now is, a tenant in premises owned by the defendant in which he has conducted a drug store. In February, of this year, the landlord leased another portion of the premises to Burke Avenue Food Market, Inc., for the purpose of conducting a public market. Under the terms of two leases made with the plaintiff, the last of which has now expired, the landlord agreed not to rent any other store in the building for occupancy as a drug store, nor to…