Legal Opinion
John Kennedy & Co. v. New York World's Fair 1939 Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 15, 1940PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAdel, J.
The essential facts are not in dispute. Defendant The City of New York, by condemnation, acquired land in Queens county known as Flushing Meadow Park for public park purposes. By statute (Laws of 1936, chap. 544) the city’s park commissioner was authorized to lease the land to defendant New York World’s Fair 1939 Incorporated until March, 1941. Such a lease was made on June 29, 1936, and defendant World’s Fair Corporation took possession of the land, divided it into separate plots, and commenced operations. Defendant World’s Fair Corporation in turn made an agreement with a concessionaire,…
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