Craig v. Butler
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from Monroe county court. Action by Henry H. Craig and Eli M. Upton against Frank J. Butler. The action was first tried in the municipal court of Rochester, and appealed to the county court for a new trial. From a judgment entered on the findings and decision of the court in favor of plaintiffs, a trial by jury having been waived, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, P. J.
The action was to recover rent reserved by a lease executed by plaintiffs’ assignor to the defendant, of a summer hotel at Ontario Beach, for the term of three years from May 1, 1889. The rent reserved was $1,850 a year, payable, $200 on the delivery of the lease, $150 on the 1st days of May, June, July, and August in each year, and the balance of said yearly rent on the 1st day of September in each year. The defendant paid $200 on receipt of his lease, took possession thereunder, and paid the several installments of $150 each on the 1st days of May, June, July, and August, 1889. The 1st day…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Porter v. . PierceNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
3Cited by12 opinions
- Simkin v. ColeSuperior Court of Delaware · 1922
- Werner v. PadulaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Craig v. . ButlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Werner v. PadulaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Hecht v. HeerwagenNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1895
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