Case Name: IROQUOIS BREWING CO., Appellant, v. THOMAS CUSACK CO., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1914-03-25
Citations: 147 N.Y.S. 1117
Docket Number: No. 15423
Parties: IROQUOIS BREWING CO., Appellant, v. THOMAS CUSACK CO., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 147
Pages: 1117–1117

Head Matter:
IROQUOIS BREWING CO., Appellant, v. THOMAS CUSACK CO., Respondent.
(No. 15423.)
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
March 25, 1914.)
Action by the Iroquois Brewing Company against the Thomas Cusack Company.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgments of Supreme Court and of City Court reversed, and new trial ordered to be had in the City Court on the 8th day of April, 1914, at 10 a. m., with costs in all courts to appellant to abide event. Held, that painting advertising signs upon the walls of plaintiff's building, though by license from plaintiff's tenant, may cause damage to the building in the nature of waste, provided the damage is not trivial, but substantial. Defendant may be held liable, under section 1651 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as assignee of the tenant.