Crane v. . Powell
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York, entered upon an order made June 9,1892, which modified and affirmed as modified a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. This action was brought to recover damages for an alleged breach of contract.
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Appeal from judgment of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York, entered upon an order made June 9,1892, which modified and affirmed as modified a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. This action was brought to recover damages for an alleged breach of contract. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion-. The contract plaintiff claimed to have made was a mere oral agreement to provide the defendant with furnished rooms at her boarding house. A contract of this kind is not a lease of…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The plaintiff recovered damages for the breach of* an agreement, which, on the trial, appeared to be oral. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff, in the month of October, 1887, was in the possession under a lease of a house in the city of Yew York, and that she entered into an agreement with the defendant whereby the defendant leased from her, for the term of one year from the first day of November, 1887, the two front rooms on the second floor, and the back parlor and extension room, with the use of the front parlor on the first floor, with board and attendance to be furnished during the…
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