Bristol Hotel Co. v. Pegram
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, second district, borough of Manhattan, rendered in favor of the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtGreenbaum, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover, under a written lease for one year, the sum of *536$240, the unpaid rent for the last four months of the term.
The plaintiff leased to the defendant a suite of rooms in the building described in the lease as the “ Bristol Apartment Hotel”, and defendant entered into the occupancy of the rooms and paid rent for eight months. The defendant moved out, upon the expiration of the eighth month, and set up as defense to this action “ a general denial and breach of contract”. As the pleadings were oral and as the -parties evidently tried the case also…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Van Derhoef v. HartmannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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