New York Court of Appeals

Sarah R. Mann, Appellant v. Ferdinand Munch Brewery, Respondent

January 7, 1919225 N.Y. 189

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's judgment for the plaintiff, holding that the Ferdinand Munch Brewery, as an assignee who expressly assumed the lease covenants, remained liable for rent accruing after it was dispossessed, based on privity of contract rather than merely privity of estate.