Case Name: Swinger Realty Corp., Respondent, v. A. S. Kizner Imports, Inc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1972-03-02
Citations: 70 Misc. 2d 742
Docket Number: 
Parties: Swinger Realty Corp., Respondent, v. A. S. Kizner Imports, Inc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 70
Pages: 742–744

Head Matter:
Swinger Realty Corp., Respondent, v. A. S. Kizner Imports, Inc., Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
March 2, 1972.
N. George Turchin for appellant. George Pollack for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam,.
Plaintiff's second cause of action is for " damages sustained to premises by tenant installing security gate on premises without consent of plaintiff." Section 259-c of the Real Property Law provides that a provision in a lease that a trial by jury is waived in any action ' ' brought by either of the parties thereto against the other in any action for personal injury or property damage " is null and void. The right to a jury trial is fundamental in American jurisprudence. Provisions of law protective of that right may not be delimited by construction. Section 259-c of the Real Property Law applies to plaintiff's second cause of action; and defendant's jury demand should not have been stricken out.
The order should be reversed, with $10 costs, and motion denied.