Durand v. Lipman

This is a summary proceeding to recover possession of premises 99-105 Third avenue, Manhattan, New York city, for non-payment of rent, wherein the landlord also seeks judgment for the unpaid rent in the sum of $12,200 against various persons designated as “ tenants ” or “ leasehold mortgagees.”

In 1875 one Philip J. Seiter leased the premises in question from the landlord’s predecessor in title for a term of twenty-one years, which lease provided for a renewal for a further term of twenty-one years.

*618One William Meissel, who had become possessed of an interest in the lease, died in 1884, leaving…