Legal Opinion

Melcher v. Kreiser

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

Decided July 1, 1898PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, John L. Melcher, as attorney and agent for the owners, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of New York on the 12th day of January, 1898, upon -the'- dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.

1Opinion of the Court

Rumsey, J. :

The action was brought upon a lease under seal made between John L. Melcher, “as. attorney and agent for the owners of the premises hereinafter described, party of the first part, lessor, and Samuel Kreiser, of the said city, lessee, party of the second part.”' The paper was signed John L. Melcher, agent and attorney. It provided for renting certain property for two months, from the nineteenth of November to the nineteenth of December, at $400 a. month. The complaint contained an allegation that the lease was. continued from month to month, subject to all the terms and conditions…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Schaefer v. . HenkelNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  2. Tilyou v. . ReynoldsNew York Court of Appeals · 1888

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Koehne v. HarveyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946
  2. McDonald v. BachNew York Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Lyon v. Sheldon, New York County Courts1909
  4. Barnes v. RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899

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