Case Name: Hempstead Theatre Corporation et al., Respondents, v. Metropolitan Playhouses, Inc., et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1954-12-31
Citations: 308 N.Y. 712
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hempstead Theatre Corporation et al., Respondents, v. Metropolitan Playhouses, Inc., et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 308
Pages: 712–718

Head Matter:
Hempstead Theatre Corporation et al., Respondents, v. Metropolitan Playhouses, Inc., et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
Argued October 21, 1954;
decided December 31, 1954.
Lester Samuels, Milton C. Weisman and Louis M. Weber for appellants.
Bernard Bernstein and Stanley D. Halperin for respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We agree with the courts below that the cause of action under attack should not be dismissed for legal insufficiency. It is impossible to say what facts may be developed under the allegations of this cause of action at the trial. It may not be said, as a matter of law, that the term ' gross receipts ' ', as used in the percentage lease before us, excludes the entire amount of $2,000,000 recovered by the tenant in settlement of the Federal antitrust suit. In short, questions of fact are presented which must be determined upon a trial.
The order should be affirmed, with costs, the first question certified answered in the affirmative, and the second question certified answered in the negative.