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Kunstler v. Porter

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department
Apr 3, 1947
188 Misc. 1028 (N.Y. App. Term 1947)

Opinion

April 3, 1947.

Appeal from the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, BURNET, J.

Leo B. Mittelman for appellant.

David E. Nierenberg for respondent.


MEMORANDUM


The tenant transferred her entire estate in the lease without retaining a technical reversion. The decision in Lusk Operating Co. v. Gelardin ( 186 Misc. 817) is therefore not controlling. Here the undertenant paid rent directly to the landlord. There is a presumption of an assignment from the fact of possession and attornment to the landlord ( Gillette Bros. v. Aristocrat Restaurant, 239 N.Y. 87, 89), which has not been rebutted by the landlord.

The final order should be reversed, with $30 costs, and a final order directed in favor of the undertenant, with costs.

SHIENTAG, EDER and HECHT, JJ., concur.

Order reversed, etc.


Summaries of

Kunstler v. Porter

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department
Apr 3, 1947
188 Misc. 1028 (N.Y. App. Term 1947)
Case details for

Kunstler v. Porter

Case Details

Full title:ISIDORE KUNSTLER, Landlord, Respondent, v. CATHERINE O'Q. PORTER, Tenant…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department

Date published: Apr 3, 1947

Citations

188 Misc. 1028 (N.Y. App. Term 1947)
70 N.Y.S.2d 552

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