Victory Lunch, Inc. v. Carll

Isidor Wasservogel,

Official Referee. Plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment as to the application of chapters 534 and 535 of the Laws of 1949, and, more particularly, the recently enacted subdivision (k) of section 8 of the Commercial and Business Rent Laws, to certain premises of which it is a subtenant and as to the construction to be given to such laws.

The real estate involved is a four-story brick building known as 1544 Broadway, New York City. On May 19,1943, the defendants Leonard A. Bampton, Jr., Julia H. Carll, each the owner of a quarter interest in the building, together with the…