Sautkulis v. Conklin
| Decision Date | 08 March 1957 |
| Citation | 141 N.E.2d 916,161 N.Y.S.2d 885,2 N.Y.2d 919 |
| Parties | , 141 N.E.2d 916 John SAUTKULIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Frances CONKLIN, William Matzok and Helen Matzok, Defendants-Respondents. William MATZOK and Helen Matzok, Landlords-Respondents, v. John SAUTKULIS, Tenant-Appellant. |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
Appeal from Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, 1 A.D.2d 962, 150 N.Y.S.2d 356.
Lessee brought action against lessor and purchasers of leased realty from the lessor for specific performance of option clause in lease. The purchasers brought a landlord and tenant summary proceeding against the lessee for recovery of rent, on ground that purchasers were landlords by virtue of the purchase. The action and the summary proceedings were consolidated.
The Supreme Court, Special Term, Nassau County, Charles, S. Colden, J., 208 Misc. 903, 145 N.Y.S.2d 62, dismissed the complaint for specific performance and granted judgment for rent due in the summary proceeding, and the lessee appealed.
The Appellate Division, 1 A.D.2d 962, 150 N.Y.S.2d 356, affirmed the judgment and held that the option was unenforceable where lessor sold entire lot of which demised premises were only a part. Murphy and Kleinfeld, JJ., dissented.
The lessee appealed to the Court of Appeals, contending that the statute of frauds was not an adequate defense, that the option was in effect and binding when the purchasers purchased, and that option was first to be tendered for all of the lessor's property or that portion set forth in the lease.
Nathan Dorfman, Glen Cove (David Quient, Baldwin, of counsel), for appellant.
Paul J. Leach, Mineola, for defendants-respondents William and Helen Matzok.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.
All concur.
To continue reading
Request your trial
-
N.Y. Tile Wholesale Corp. v. Thomas Fatato Realty Corp.
...B Wholesale Stationery, 43 A.D.2d at 580;Klein v. Gelb, 34 A.D.2d 1079, 1080 [1970];Sautkulis v. Conklin, 1 A.D.2d 962, 962 [1956],affd2 N.Y.2d 919 [1957];New Atl. Garden, Inc. v. Atlantic Garden Realty Corp., 201 App.Div. 404, 411–412 [1922],affd237 N.Y. 540 [1923] ). Plaintiff also would ......
-
Myers v. Lovetinsky
...194 N.Y.S. 34, aff'd mem., 237 N.Y. 540, 143 N.E. 734; Sautkulis v. Conklin, 1 A.D.2d 962, 150 N.Y.S.2d 356, aff'd mem., 2 N.Y.2d 919, 161 N.Y.S.2d 885, 141 N.E.2d 916; Atlantic Refining Co. v. Wyoming Nat'l Bank, 356 Pa. 226, 51 A.2d 719; L. E. Wallach, Inc. v. Toll, 381 Pa. 423, 113 A.2d ......
-
Berry-Iverson Co. of North Dakota, Inc. v. Johnson
...194 N.Y.S. 34, aff'd mem., 237 N.Y. 540, 143 N.E. 734; Sautkulis v. Conklin, 1 A.D.2d 962, 150 N.Y.S.2d 356, aff'd mem., 2 N.Y.2d 919, 161 N.Y.S.2d 885, 141 N.E.2d 916; Atlantic Refining Co. v. Wyoming Nat'l Bank, 356 Pa. 226, 51 A.2d 719; L. E. Wallach, Inc. v. Toll, 381 Pa. 423, 113 A.2d ......
-
Guaclides v. Kruse
...Garden Realty Corporation, supra; Sautkulis v. Conklin, 1 A.D.2d 962, 150 N.Y.S.2d 356 (App.Div.1956), affirmed 2 N.Y.2d 919, 161 N.Y.S.2d 885, 141 N.E.2d 916 (Ct.App.1957); Atlantic Refining Co. v. Wyoming National Bank, 356 Pa. 226, 51 A.2d 719, 170 A.L.R. 1060 (Sup.Ct.1947); American Oil......
-
CHAPTER 11 PREFERENTIAL PURCHASE RIGHTS
...170 A.2d 488, cert. denied 36 N.J. 32, 174 A.2d 658 (1961). [153] Sautkulis v. Conklin, 1 App. Div. 2d 962, 150 N.Y.S.2d 356 (1956), aff'd 2 N.Y.2d 919, 161 N.Y.S.2d 885 (1957). [154] See Abright, supra note 3, at 816, and Reasoner, supra note 3, at 72. [155] C & B Wholesale Stationery v. S......