Deluise v. Long Island Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Long Island Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 29th day of April, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 24th day of May, 1901, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
On the 24th day of March, 1899, the plaintiff entered into a written contract with the defendant, the latter, for a consideration of $300, one-third of which was paid in hand at the time of the execution of the writing, agreeing to let to the plaintiff the boot-*488blacking privilege at its Flatbusk avenue railroad station for a period of one year from the 8th day of May, 1899. The plaintiff, relying upon this contract, made purchases and employed men, and on the eighth day of May sent his equipment, with his men, to the Flatbusk avenue station. The prior lessee of the privilege was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Eastman v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
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