Legal Opinion

In re Trustees of the Masonic Hall & Asylum Fund

New York Court of Appeals

Decided July 11, 1956Published

1Opinion of the Court

Conway, Ch. J.

In this proceeding, the landlord sought to have the rent of the tenant increased from $52,000 to $96,000 per annum pursuant to subdivision 1 of section 4 of the Business Bent Law (L. 1945, ch. 314, as amd.). The Supreme Court, New York County, after trial, dismissed the landlord’s petition, and the Appellate Division, First Department, in unanimously *619reversing, ordered that the rent be increased to $74,125.67. In cross appeals to our court, the tenant appeals from the Appellate Division’s reversal of the trial court’s dismissal of the landlord’s petition, and the landlord…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Matter of Court Square Bldg. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
  2. Steinberg v. Forest Hills Golf Range, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1952
  3. People Ex Rel. Trustees of the Masonic Hall & Asylum Fund v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
  4. In re Alibel Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
  5. In re 161 Columbus Avenue Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1952

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