Gushee v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 3d day of March, 1899, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term enjoining the defendant from interfering with the plaintiff in the conduct of a hotel in Riverside Park known as the “ Claremont,” and from in any way preventing him from enjoying the privileges…
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Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 3d day of March, 1899, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term enjoining the defendant from interfering with the plaintiff in the conduct of a hotel in Riverside Park known as the “ Claremont,” and from in any way preventing him from enjoying the privileges granted to him by an agreement of November 8, 1897, entered into between the plaintiff and The Mayor, Aldermen and…
1Opinion of the Court
Rumset, J.:
On the bank of the Hudson river, on the west side of the city of New York, is situated Riverside Park, and upon an eminence at the upper end of that park stands a building with stables and other outbuildings, which has been fitted up for a place of rest and refreshment for persons who have occasion to use the park. For somyears, and certainly as far 'back as 1892, the department of parks had granted the right to keep a; restaurant in the park either for a rental paid monthly, or for a certain portion of the receipts. In the month of March, 1896, the person who had been in…
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- Ex parte TayloeNew York Supreme Court · 1825
- Equitable Co-Operative Foundry Co. v. HerseeNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
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