Nicoll v. . Burke
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of.the Superior Court, of the city of New York, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, entered upon a verdict. This action was brought to recover rent alleged to be due under a lease of certain premises in the city of New York. Plaintiffs gave in evidence a written lease, not under seal, executed by defendant, dated January 28, 1873, in which the lessors are thus named: “ William and E. A. Cruikshank, agents, as landlords.”
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of.the Superior Court, of the city of New York, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, entered upon a verdict. This action was brought to recover rent alleged to be due under a lease of certain premises in the city of New York. Plaintiffs gave in evidence a written lease, not under seal, executed by defendant, dated January 28, 1873, in which the lessors are thus named: “ William and E. A. Cruikshank, agents, as landlords.” The lease was for a term of one year from May 1, 1873, and contained an agreement on the part of the tenant to keep the…
1Opinion of the CourtMim.ee, J.
The plaintiffs in their complaint claim to recover for the rent of certain premises therein described, by virtue of a lease made by their agents, William and E. A. Cruikshank, for the term of one year from the first day of May, 1873. We think that the written lease and indorsements on the same, signed by the defendant, of a renewal thereof from year to year, including the last year, to recover a portion of the rent for which this action was brought, were competent evidence to sustain the complaint. The lease purports to have been made by the lessors named therein, who are stated to be…
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