Holtz Amusement Co. v. Schorr

Plaintiff is in possession under a lease of a moving picture theatre and airdrome, situated on the east side of Albany avenue, south of St. John’s place, with a frontage of 140 feet and a depth of 100 feet. The lease was made in 1919 by the St. Thomas Amusement Co., Inc., which at the time also owned the 30-foot corner lot adjoining the theatre to the north. Then and now there were from the theatre three exits to and eight windows upon the lot, and the plaintiff contends that such may not be interfered with by a certain building erection proposed by the defendant Schorr, who acquired the…