Broadway Renting Co. v. Wolpin

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Broadway Renting Co. v. Wolpin

59 Misc. 199, 110 N.Y.S. 151

CourtAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

DecidedMay 15, 1908

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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Broadway Renting Co. v. Wolpin, 59 Misc. 199, 110 N.Y.S. 151 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1908).

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Per Curiam.

It is difficult to distinguish this case from that of Weinberg v. Greenberger, 47 Misc. Rep. 117. There, as here, a deposit was given by the proposed lessee, as security for plaintiff’s fulfillment of its promise to execute a lease. There was no agreement that the deposit was to be deemed a penalty, or as liquidated damages; and no [200]*200damages were shown to have been sustained by the plaintiff, by reason of the defendants’ refusal to execute the lease, even assuming that the refusal was without just reason.

The cases cited by respondent, of which Pleischman v. Plonk, 19 Misc. Rep. 649, and Lawrence v. Miller, 86 1ST. Y. 131, are examples, are to be distinguished from a case like this, in that in the latter the deposit is in the nature of security to insure the faithful performance of an agreement, whereas in the former the money is paid upon a contract by way of partial performance.

The distinction is pointed out in Chande v. Shepard, 122 1ST. Y. 397, 402.

As it must be assumed from the record before us that plaintiff sustained no damages, the defendants would be entitled to a return of the check; and hence no recovery may be permitted thereon.

Present: Gildersleeve, Giegerich and Greenbaum, JJ.

Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to appellants to abide event.

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Per Curiam.

It is difficult to distinguish this case from that of Weinberg v. Greenberger, 47 Misc. Rep. 117. There, as here, a deposit was given by the proposed lessee, as security for plaintiff’s fulfillment of its promise to execute a lease. There was no agreement that the deposit was to be deemed a penalty, or as liquidated damages; and no [200]*200damages were shown to have been sustained by the plaintiff, by reason of the defendants’ refusal to execute the lease, even assuming that the refusal was without just reason.

The cases cited by respondent, of which Pleischman v. Plonk, 19 Misc. Rep. 649, and Lawrence v. Miller, 86 1ST. Y. 131, are examples, are to be distinguished from a case like this, in that in the latter the deposit is in the nature of security to insure the faithful performance of an agreement, whereas in the former the money is paid upon a contract by way of partial performance.

The distinction is pointed out in Chande v. Shepard, 122 1ST. Y. 397, 402.

As it must be assumed from the record before us that plaintiff sustained no damages, the defendants would be entitled to a return of the check; and hence no recovery may be permitted thereon.

Present: Gildersleeve, Giegerich and Greenbaum, JJ.

Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to appellants to abide event.

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