May v. Breunig
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Ninth District. Action by Solomon May against Frank Breunig and Frederick ICnecht. From a judgment for plaintiff, he appeals on the ground of the insufficiency of damages.
1Opinion of the CourtGoff, J.
Plaintiff entered into a contract with defendants, by which he acquired the privilege of building and maintaining signs, for the period of one year, upon a building in the city of New York of which defendants were lessees; but, before the date at which this privilege was to begin defendants refused to allow any sign to be erected. In the meantime, between the date of the contract and the date when plaintiff’s privilege was to go into effect, he had had signs made for erection on defendants’ building. In a suit on the contract, plaintiff obtained judgment for $20, the amount which he had paid…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bernstein v. . MeechNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Reynolds v. . Van BeurenNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Friedland v. . MyersNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Dickinson v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Benyakar v. ScherzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
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