Swimmer v. Janis

Full title: ANDREW SWIMMER et al., Doing Business as ANDREW SWIMMER SON, Appellants…

Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department

Date published: Nov 12, 1959

21 Misc. 2d 274 (N.Y. App. Term 1959)

193 N.Y.S.2d 919

Opinion

November 12, 1959

Appeal from the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, LOUIS PECK, J.

Fried Fried ( Benjamin H. Fried of counsel), for appellants.

Gerard M. Bloomfield for respondents.

Per Curiam.

The jury waiver in paragraph "23" of the lease must be construed strictly ( Caplan v. Goldman, 197 Misc. 404, affd. 278 App. Div. 807). So read, the waiver is confined to action brought to recover rent or damages under paragraph "23". It does not incorporate or contemplate the tort action instituted by plaintiffs ( Gach v. Kanelit Realty Corp., 106 N.Y.S.2d 871; Rappaport v. Elmorton Holding Corp., 167 Misc. 82; Schaefer v. Ohland, 105 N.Y.S.2d 935; Frohlich Hager v. Amalgamated Props., 181 Misc. 127; Parise v. Seaman Trucking Co., 278 App. Div. 845).

The order should be reversed, with $10 costs, and motion denied.

Concur — HOFSTADTER, J.P., AURELIO and TILZER, JJ.

Order reversed, etc.