Barker v. Hawk
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, "William S. Hawk and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the 20th day of February, 1919, upon the decision of the court, the facts having been stipulated and a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Hubbs, J.:
James J. Belden was the owner of the Manhattan Hotel in New York city. This action was brought by the executors *267under his will to recover the sum. of $27,200, claimed to be due under two leases covering said hotel property. On November 1, 1916, there became due for taxes on said hotel property the sum of $40,800. Defendants’ leases expired either on October 31 or on November 1, 1916, and the sum of $27,200 would be defendants’ proportionate share of the taxes from July 1, 1916. The only question involved in this case is whether or not defendants were hable for the payment of said…
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