Schattman v. Maze Realty Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Maze Realty Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 10th day of November, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
On the 14th of September, 1909, the defendant and one Moses Harlam entered into an agreement whereby the former as landlord leased to the latter as tenant certain premises for the term of ten years. Pursuant to certain provisions of the lease and subsequent modifications thereof, the tenant deposited with the landlord the sum of $2,000 to be held as security for the rent and the faithful performance of the covenants of the lease, which, at the termination of the lease, was to be returned to the tenant provided he had complied “with all the covenants and conditions of said lease.”…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Richard Deeves & Son v. Manhattan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Scott v. . MontellsNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
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