Opinion
March 9, 1933.
Appeal from the Municipal Court, Borough of Bronx, Second District.
Samuel S. Goodman, for the appellant.
Arnstein Levine [ Sidney S. Levine of counsel], for the respondent.
The mere fact that the defendant signed the lease on behalf of the David W. Gentle Post No. 618 of American Legion did not make him a party to the instrument. Nor could he be held personally liable for the debts of the post, since it is a local subdivision of a corporation created under the laws of the United States and thus occupies the status of a domestic corporation. (Civ. Prac. Act, § 7, subd. 7.)
Judgment reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and complaint dismissed on the merits, with costs.
All concur; present, LYDON, FRANKENTHALER and UNTERMYER, JJ.