Case Name: Charles Davis, Appellant, v. Charles Bonds et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1969-11-12
Citations: 61 Misc. 2d 917
Docket Number: 
Parties: Charles Davis, Appellant, v. Charles Bonds et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 61
Pages: 917–917

Head Matter:
Charles Davis, Appellant, v. Charles Bonds et al., Respondents.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department,
November 12, 1969.
Milton E. Jacobowitz for appellant. Bessie D. Goldberg for respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In the absence of a judicial determination that the prime lease was terminated, or absent proof that the sub-lessor had abandoned the premises, it was improper to dismiss the sublessor's nonpayment proceedings against the subtenants. (Bruder v. Geisler, 47 Misc. 370 [App. Term]; Bone v. Coppola, 45 Misc. 636; 34 N. Y. Jur., Landlord and Tenant, § 269.)
Upon a new trial there should be a fuller development of the proof with respect to the affirmative defense of cancellation. In this connection, the subtenants may be well advised to implead the prime landlord as a third-party defendant.
The judgment should be unanimously reversed, without costs, and a new trial ordered.
Groat, P. J., Schwartzwald and Margbtt, JJ., concur.
Judgment reversed, etc.