Souhami v. Brownstone
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Lester Brownstone, from a determination of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on or about the 4th day of April, 1919, affirming an order of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, Fifth District, awarding to the plaintiffs, as landlords, the possession of certain premises in summary proceedings upon the ground that the tenant had…
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Appeal by the defendant, Lester Brownstone, from a determination of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on or about the 4th day of April, 1919, affirming an order of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, Fifth District, awarding to the plaintiffs, as landlords, the possession of certain premises in summary proceedings upon the ground that the tenant had not paid the rent thereof for the month of January, 1919.
1Opinion of the Court
Jay cox, J.:
In July, 1914, the Briston Realty Company, the then owner of the premises, leased the premises to the appellant by a written lease for one year, to wit, from August 1,1914, to July 31, 1915. The rent reserved was thirty dollars per month and the lease further provided that the tenant was to have the premises free from the payment of any rent for the month of January. No further lease has been made, and the appellant has continued to occupy the premises upon the same terms and conditions down to the time this proceeding was instituted. Each year he has paid no rent for the month of…
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