Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 1, 1932 (Burns v. Crowley)

lead-opinion

McAvoy, J.

This action is for damages for an alleged breach of contract of lease. The complaint states that the defendant, under a written indenture of lease, executed by him as tenant and by *67the plaintiff Annie M. Bums as landlord, agreed to pay the sum of $4,620 as rent for the period commencing March 1, 1929, and ending May 1, 1930.