Dickerson v. Menschel
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Sigmund Menschel, 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 6th day of August, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury directed by the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29th day of June, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action for damages for the breach of a contract executed in writing by the parties on the 22d day of March, *5491916. The plaintiff was the owner of premises known as Nos. 62-64 East Thirty-fourth street, in the borough of Manhattan, New York, upon which there stood certain buildings which are neither described by the contract nor by the evidence. The defendant, evidently, was desirous of obtaining a long term lease of the premises, but to conform the building to his requirements, which likewise are not stated, necessitated material alterations thereof and probably…
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