Legal Opinion
Bernstein v. Smith
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1922PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGuy, J.
Action against lessors to recover damages for breach of their alleged agreement to renew the plaintiff’s lease of office premises for an additional year from May 1, 1920.
On March 6, 1919, the “ Estate of Millard F. Smith, deceased, Edw. S. Smith, Executors,” by a formal written instrument leased to the plaintiff as a law office the same rooms he had occupied as tenant in said building for several years prior to that date, for the term of one year, to commence May 1, 1919, and to end April 30, 1920. There was no right of renewal in so many words, or option to renew given by the lease;, but it…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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