Conger v. Ensler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Hyman Ensler, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 21st day of January, 1903, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, awarding the plaintiffs possession of certain premises in the city of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
On or about the 14th day of September, 1886, the plaintiff for himself and as trustee made and executed a lease of the premises, *566the. subject of this action, to one Israel Block for the term of ten years from the. 1st day of May, 1887, to the 1st day of May, 1897, at the yearly rental of $400, payable quarterly. - By subsequent ■ mesne assignments, the said lease became, and at the time of the - commencement of this- action was, the property of the defendant Ensler. The lease contained a provision that the plaintiff, his heirs, successors or assigns, might, at their election, grant…
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