Legal Opinion
United Cigar-Whelan Stores Corp. v. Basiliko Inv. Corp.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 10, 1947No. 534PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
In 1939 appellant, United Cigar-Whelan Stores Corporation, leased from Equitable Building Company store space in the Bond Building located at Fourteenth Street and New York Avenue. The lease provided for a term beginning December 1, 1939, and ending December 31, 1949. Paragraph numbered 18 of the lease provided:
“18. In the event that Lessor shall make a bona fide contract for the sale of the land and building of which the demised premises form a part at any time during the term herein or in the event that Lessor shall in good faith intend to demolish the building of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Butler & Herman Co. v. MethAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1910
- Fallek v. Central Desk Safe Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1945
3Cited by1 opinion
- Basiliko Inv. Corp. v. United Cigar-Whelan Stores Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948