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Hinton v. Bogart

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department
Oct 1, 1912
78 Misc. 46 (N.Y. App. Term 1912)

Summary

In Hinton v. Bogart, 78 Misc. 46, this court held upon an appeal, where a demurrer to the complaint is this action was interposed on the ground that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, that the payment of rent, as alleged in the complaint by the defendant and its acceptance by plaintiffs constituted a waiver of all rights under the dispossess proceedings and that the relationship existing between plaintiffs and defendant prior to May 1, 1910, had been re-established and with it the defendant's obligation to pay taxes.

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Opinion

October, 1912.

Everett, Clarke Benedict (Herman S. Hartwig and Dodge L. Marks, of counsel), for appellants.

Ferriss Storck (H.C. Storck, of counsel), for respondent.


Plaintiff, as landlord, sues to recover taxes which the defendant, as tenant, agreed to pay as part of his rent. The complaint alleges a letting to defendant on November 1, 1901, by a life tenant who died on July 30, 1906; that tenant agreed to pay the taxes as a part of the rent; that plaintiffs are the remaindermen; that defendant occupied the premises ever since the life tenant's death and until April, 1912; that on August 24, 1906, the plaintiffs, as remaindermen, notified defendant of life tenant's death and the termination of the lease, and of their willingness that he should continue to occupy the premises on the same terms and until further notice; that in March, 1910, the remaindermen served upon the defendant a statutory notice to quit; that on June 21, 1910, the plaintiffs recovered a final order in summary proceedings dispossessing defendant and awarding them possession of the demised premises, which was affirmed by this court in December, 1910, but under which no warrant to remove the defendant was issued; that defendant continued to hold over and occupy the demised premises and paid the rent for 1911 and part of 1912, but refused to pay the taxes for 1911.

Upon the death of the life tenant, her lease to the defendant terminated at the option of the remaindermen. They had, however, the right to continue it, which they exercised. Barson v. Mulligan, 198 N.Y. 24, 25, 28, 29. The remaindermen had the right to and did waive the forfeiture of the lease by receiving the rent due at the time they had a right to the issuance of the dispossess warrant, and additional rent for nearly two years thereafter. Seigel v. Neary, 38 Misc. 298, 301, 302; Voorhies v. Cummings, 42 A.D. 260.

The relation of landlord and tenant existing between the parties prior to May 1, 1910, had never been interrupted, and the liability of the defendant under the agreement then subsisting still continues.

The judgment is reversed and demurrer overruled with costs, with leave to defendant to withdraw the demurrer and to answer within six days upon payment of costs in this court and in the court below.

SEABURY, and BIJUR, JJ., concur.

Judgment reversed.


Summaries of

Hinton v. Bogart

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department
Oct 1, 1912
78 Misc. 46 (N.Y. App. Term 1912)

In Hinton v. Bogart, 78 Misc. 46, this court held upon an appeal, where a demurrer to the complaint is this action was interposed on the ground that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, that the payment of rent, as alleged in the complaint by the defendant and its acceptance by plaintiffs constituted a waiver of all rights under the dispossess proceedings and that the relationship existing between plaintiffs and defendant prior to May 1, 1910, had been re-established and with it the defendant's obligation to pay taxes.

Summary of this case from Hinton v. Bogart
Case details for

Hinton v. Bogart

Case Details

Full title:ALFRED P. HINTON, CLARA HINTON GOULD, SUSAN McVICKAR HEMENWAY and GEORGE…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department

Date published: Oct 1, 1912

Citations

78 Misc. 46 (N.Y. App. Term 1912)
137 N.Y.S. 697

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