Steele v. Marlborough Hall Corp.

This is an appeal from a preliminary injunction enjoining defendant and appellant from selling the furniture and furnishings of the Marlborough Hall Apartments under the terms of a chattel mortgage executed to secure the performance of the terms of a lease, particularly the payment of the rent reserved.

Appellant’s predecessors in 1920 leased the said apartments to respondent for the term of ten years. . The lessee at that time executed to the lessors a chattel mortgage upon the furnishings and furniture contained in the apartment house as security for the performance by the lessee of the…