Legal Opinion

Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. . Childs Co.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 1, 1921PublishedCited by 161 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered June 15,1918, modifying and affirming as modified a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court at a Trial Term without a jury. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.

The Beard Building on Liberty street, New York, was conveyed to Mr. and Miss Robinson subject to a mortgage, duly recorded, held by the Metro politan Life Insurance Company. On May 1, 1902, they leased a portion of these premises to the Childs Unique Dairy Company which later became the defendant. This lease was to run for twenty-one years at an annual rental of $8,000. Under it the defendant went into possession. On December 8, 1913, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company began an action to foreclose its mortgage. The Childs Company was made a defendant. and the complaint demanded that its…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Friederichsen v. RenardSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  2. Terry v. . MungerNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  3. Conrow v. . LittleNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  4. Bedford v. . TerhuneNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
  5. Henry v. . HerringtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1908

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3Cited by161 opinions

  1. Nassau Trust Co. v. Montrose Concrete Products Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. In Re Phillips Petroleum Securities Litigation. C.A. 85-14 Hudson v. Phillips Petroleum Company C.A. 85-45 Hudson v. Phillips Petroleum Company C.A. 85-281 Irwin v. Douce C.A. 85-401 Kelly v. Pickens C.A. 85-447 Lawrence v. Pickens C.A. 85-537 Cohen v. Mesa Petroleum Co. Appeal of Florence Hudson (Civil Action No. 85-14 Mms), Harry W. Voege S. Paul Posner & Co., a Partnership Ominsky, Joseph & Welsh, P.C., Defined Benefit Plan U/a Dated Ddt July 1, 1976, Albert Ominsky, Trustee Barnett Stepak Initio, Inc. Alfred D. Whitman Connecticut Medical Laboratory, Inc. Murray Bell Pierre Haber and Leonard Brawer (Civil Action No. 85-45 Mms), Christopher P. Kelly and Brynn Kelly, Trustees for the Kelly Family Trust Under Trust Agreement Dated as of October 1, 1977, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated (Civil Action No. 85-401 Lon), John S. Lawrence, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated (Civil Action No. 85-447), Jerry C. Cohen (Civil Action No. 85-537 Mms). Appeal of John S. LawrenceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
  3. Lynn v. LynnNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
  4. Holm v. C.M.P. Sheet Metal, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  5. Smith v. KirkpatrickNew York Court of Appeals · 1953

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