72 N.Y.S. 701 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1901
It appears from the moving papers that plaintiff is a domestic^ corporation engaged in the business of selling, at retail, stationery, wall paper, etc., in dens Falls, N. T.; that the lease of the store it occupied and did business in expired May 1,1901; that defendant and one James W. Barber were at that time, and for some months, prior thereto, the sole directors of said corporation; that Mr. Barber had control of the majority of stock of said corporation; that for some time prior to May 1, 1901, a feud existed between these directors; that Mr. Barber threatened to deprive defendant of the,
Under the facts in this case, whatever redress the plaintiff may have, it does not seem to me that it can have the right to occupy these premises as tenant without first getting permission of the landlord. Therefore, to enjoin the defendant against performance of the letter of his lease, and enjoining interference in the occupancy by the corporation of these .premises, is to install a tenant in spite of the covenants of the lease and to interfere with contract relations in a way unprecedented and unwarranted by the facts here disclosed.
The order should be reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion for injunction denied, with ten dollars costs.
All concurred.
Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion denied, with ten dollars costs.