Case Name: Andrew Swimmer et al., Doing Business as Andrew Swimmer & Son, Appellants, v. Edward Janis et al., Doing Business as Janis Realty Co., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1959-11-12
Citations: 21 Misc. 2d 274
Docket Number: 
Parties: Andrew Swimmer et al., Doing Business as Andrew Swimmer & Son, Appellants, v. Edward Janis et al., Doing Business as Janis Realty Co., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 21
Pages: 274–274

Head Matter:
Andrew Swimmer et al., Doing Business as Andrew Swimmer & Son, Appellants, v. Edward Janis et al., Doing Business as Janis Realty Co., Respondents.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
November 12, 1959.
Fried & Fried (Benjamin H. Fried of counsel), for appellants.
Gerard M. Bloomfield for respondents.

Opinion:
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; Rappoport 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.