Legal Opinion
Kassover v. Gordon Family Associates, Inc.
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided July 15, 1983PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION of the court
Herbert Kramer, J.
May a squatter proceeding be used to evict a lessee whose possession is pursuant to a long-term lease which has not been executed by all of the tenants in common?
The commercial premises in question is owned by Lawrence Kassover, et al., owners, a tenancy in common. A lease was entered into by the tenant, Gordon Family Associates, Inc., hereinafter GFA, and all but one of the tenants in common. The nonsignatory, petitioner herein, Philip Kassover, purportedly consented to the appointment of an agent, who signed on his behalf.
The long-term lease given to…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Palmer v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Williams v. . AltNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Finnegan v. HumesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
- Finnegan v. HumesNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Tilyou v. . ReynoldsNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Kassover v. Prism Venture Partners, LLC (In Re Kassover)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2006
- De Christoforo v. Shore Ridge AssociatesNew York Supreme Court · 1984
- City of New York v. UtseyAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2000
- Burack v. I. Burack, Inc.Yonkers City Court · 1985
- Artis v. City of New YorkCivil Court of the City of New York · 1986
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