Legal Opinion

Keesey v. O'Reilly

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 1, 1918PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Marion O’Reilly, 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 10th day of January, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury for $4,500, and. also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 17th day of January, 1917, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Shearn, J.:

In May, 1915, defendant was the owner of a building Nos. 336-338 Lenox avenue and had owned it for about *666twelve years. She had bought it as two private houses, and .about eight years ago made alterations, throwing the two houses into one, taking off the stoops, placing four stores in the basement and first floor, and making the three floors above suitable for the purpose of renting out furnished rooms. Those three upper floors were rented to one Charles H. Haas by a written lease covering the years 1912 to 1914 and extended by indorsement to cover the year 1915. This lease provided…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Heskell v. Auburn Light, Heat & Power Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1913

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Smelser v. Deutsche Evangelische Lutherische Gemeinde Der St. Markus KircheCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1928
  2. Seaman v. HenriquesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
  3. Ancess v. Trebuhs Realty Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963
  4. Price v. Pocahontas Fuel Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1931
  5. Robinson v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of Kansas · 1941

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