City of New York v. Union News Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 18th day of July, 1914, upon the decision of the court dismissing the complaint on the merits after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This action was brought to recover rent for news stand and other privileges at the Manhattan terminal of the Staten Island *279ferry for a period commencing May 1, 1913, on the theory that defendant, who was in possession under a lease of like privileges executed by the city on the 26th of April, 1912, for one year, commencing May 1, 1912, at an annual rental of $23,000, payable quarterly in advance, held over and became on plaintiff’s election liable as tenant for another year. It does not appear whether the former lease was a temporary permit executed by the dock commissioner…
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