Case Name: IVY COURTS REALTY CO. v. LOCKWOOD et al.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1913-03-07
Citations: 140 N.Y.S. 374
Docket Number: 
Parties: IVY COURTS REALTY CO. v. LOCKWOOD et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 140
Pages: 374–375

Head Matter:
IVY COURTS REALTY CO. v. LOCKWOOD et al.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department.
March 7, 1913.)
Husband -and Wife (§ 23 )—Lease—Liability fob Rent.
Where a lease was signed by a wife but not by her husband, he was not liable for rent thereunder.
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Husband and Wife, Cent. Dig. §§ 142-144; Dec. Dig. § 23.*]
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, First Dis- . trict.
Action by Ivy Courts Realty Company against Richard ^H. Lockwood and another. From a judgment for plaintiff against both defendants, they appeal. Reversed as to defendant Richard H. Lockwood, and affirmed as to defendant Kate M. Lockwood.
Argued February term, 1913, before SEABURY, GERARD, and BIJUR, JJ.
Henry D. Merchant, of New York City, for appellants.
Louis E. Felix, of New York City, for respondent.
For other cases see same topic & § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
SEABURY, J.
This is an action to recover $75 rent under a lease made between the plaintiff as landlord and the defendant Kate M. Lockwood as tenant. The plaintiff proved the lease, and that the rent for April, 1912, was not paid. This proof entitled the plaintiff to a judgment against the defendant Kate M. Lockwood, but furnished no justification for the- entry of a judgment against her' husband, Richard H. Lockwood.
It follows that as to the appellant Richard H. Lockwood the judgment is reversed, with costs, and the complaint dismissed, with costs. As to the defendant Kate M. Lockwood, the judgment is affirmed, with costs. All concur.