Majestic Hotel Co. v. Bigelow
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The Majestic Hotel Company, from a, judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 15th day of May, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of Hovember,, 1899, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. This appeal was transferred from the first department to the second department.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
This action was brought to recover a balance alleged to be due upon a lease of an apartment in the Hotel Majestic, in the city of Hew York, for the term of one year from October 1, 1896. The defendant admitted that he had leased the apartment, but alleged it was with the distinct proviso that the lease should not be for a. year, but that, on the contrary, he should be at liberty and have the right to leave the apartment at any time and thereupon to terminate the tenancy, which he did prior to July 1, 1897, up to which date he paid the stipulated rent. The only question…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Walworth v. BarronSupreme Court of Vermont · 1881