Case Name: Consolidated Service Stations, Inc., Respondent, v. Cities Service Oil Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1951-10-08
Citations: 279 A.D. 592
Docket Number: 
Parties: Consolidated Service Stations, Inc., Respondent, v. Cities Service Oil Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 279
Pages: 592–592

Head Matter:
Consolidated Service Stations, Inc., Respondent, v. Cities Service Oil Company, Appellant.

Opinion:
Plaintiff is entitled to recover rent from defendant, not because there is or will be created a landlord-tenant relationship between them, but because plaintiff is, as matter of law, the assignee of the landlord's right to recover rent from defendant. (United Merchants' Realty & Improvement Co. v. Roth, 193 N. Y. 570.) Present — Nolan, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Sneed and Wenzel, JJ. [See post, p. 665.]