General Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Wilson

Plaintiff appeals from that part of a judgment of the Supreme Court which declared that the respondent validly-terminated plaintiff’s lease of a building which had been damaged by fire, and dismissed, on the merits, its other causes of action for money damages.

The leasehold premises are situate in the city of Binghamton, New York, and the buildings upon them were designed and used for commercial purposes. Plaintiff’s occupancy began in 1936, under a lease from the then owners and in 1942, it purchased and acquired title to them for $9,000. Defendant is the owner of property adjoining on the…