Legal Opinion

Pittsburgh Amusement Co. v. Ferguson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 15, 1905PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, The Pittsburgh Amusement Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor'of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 5th day of January, 1903, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York-Special Term, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint. •

1Opinion of the Court

Ingraham, J.:

The complaint alleges the execution of an agreement between the defendant Ferguson “and L. M. Eirick of Buffalo, N. Y., as president for a corporation to be formed hereafter; party of the second part,” by which the party of. the first part agreed to “ let unto the said party of the second part for a term of ninety-nine (99) years, from the 1st day of April, 1901,” at a certain annual rent specified certain real property described in the contract. The party of the second part agreed to pay the rent provided for semi-annually on the first day of April and September of each year in…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Louis K. Liggett Co. v. RoseCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1927
  2. Shea v. KeeneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
  3. Pittsburgh Amusement Co. v. FergusonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
  4. Zook v. Zook, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County1928

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