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Montgomery Ward Co., Incorporated v. People

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jul 15, 1952
304 N.Y. 646 (N.Y. 1952)

Opinion

Argued May 22, 1952

Decided July 15, 1952

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, SCHIRICK, J.

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General ( Abraham W. Feinberg, Wendell P. Brown and Thomas Burke of counsel), for appellant.

Frank A. McNamee, Jr., for respondent.


Order affirmed, with costs. Question certified answered in the affirmative. No opinion.

Concur: LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, CONWAY and DYE, JJ. DESMOND, FULD and FROESSEL, JJ., dissent and vote to reverse the order below and to dismiss the complaint, with costs, upon the ground that this suit, by a landlord against its holdover tenant, is not one "brought to compel the determination of an adverse claim" within the meaning of article 15 of the Real Property Law.


Summaries of

Montgomery Ward Co., Incorporated v. People

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jul 15, 1952
304 N.Y. 646 (N.Y. 1952)
Case details for

Montgomery Ward Co., Incorporated v. People

Case Details

Full title:MONTGOMERY WARD CO., INCORPORATED, Respondent, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jul 15, 1952

Citations

304 N.Y. 646 (N.Y. 1952)
107 N.E.2d 509

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