Cooley v. Lawrence
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal from an order denying a motion to remove the cause to the circuit court of the United States, and to stay proceedings.
1Opinion of the Court
By the court—Hoffman, Justice.
William Beach Lawrence, one of the defendants in this action, had granted a lease to the plaintiffs of certain premises in the city of New-York, with covenants of renewal. He made the usual affidavit of the tenants’ holding over after the expiration of the term, and obtained from a justice a summons to show cause why possession of the premises should not be delivered to him, under the statute of this state.
While the proceedings before the justice were pending, the plaintiffs herein commenced their action, and in their complaint set forth the covenants of renewal…
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