Ronaho Corp. v. Morse

Motion for judgment on the pleadings, upon the ground that the defense pleaded in the answer is insufficient in law upon the face thereof.

The action is for a judgment declaring the rights and legal relations of the parties to the action. In February, 1944, the plaintiff, as landlord, and the defendant, as tenant, entered into an agreement for the lease of business premises in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, for a term commencing February 1, 1944, and ending three years and ten months after the date of cessation of hostilities between the United States and Germany, whether by…