Ward v. . Union Trust Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered June 7, 1916, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.-
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
This is an action upon an express covenant contained in a lease. The facts are admitted. So far as now material they are that the trustees under the will of Mary Mason Jones, deceased, executed as lessors to the Plaza Bank as lessee, a written lease of premises on Fifth avenue, New York city, for a term of five years, commencing on the first day of May, 1909, at noon, and ending on the first day of May, 1914, at noon, at a rent to be paid as therein provided. The lease contained a covenant as follows: “ Provided always and the lessee hereby covenants to pay said rent punctually, and to pay…
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