Weinberg v. Edelstein

The plaintiff and the defendant operate retail stores in the same building. The plaintiff’s lease, *344entered into in June, 1949, for a five-year term, entitles him to sell ‘‘ ladies dresses, coats and suits and ladies sports clothes ’ ’. The landlord in that lease covenanted with the plaintiff ‘1 not to rent any other store in the same building for the retail sale of ladies dresses, coats and suits ”. The defendant’s lease was assigned to him in June, 1950, for somewhat more than a five-year term, and authorized the defendant to sell at retail ‘ ‘ ladies hosiery, gloves, lingerie, brassieres,…