Case Name: Montgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated, Respondent, v. The People of the State of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1952-07-15
Citations: 304 N.Y. 646
Docket Number: 
Parties: Montgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated, Respondent, v. The People of the State of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 304
Pages: 646–648

Head Matter:
Montgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated, Respondent, v. The People of the State of New York, Appellant.
Argued May 22, 1952;
decided July 15, 1952.
Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General .(Abraham W. Feinberg, Wendell P. Brown and Thomas Burke of counsel), for appellant.
Frank A. McNamee, Jr., for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs. Question certified answered in the affirmative. No opinion.
Concur: Loughran, Ch. J., Lewis, Conway and Dye, JJ. Desmond, Fuld and Froessel, JJ., dissent and vote to reverse the order below and to dismiss the complaint, with costs, upon the ground that this suit, by a landlord against its holdover tenant, is not one " brought to compel the determination of an adverse claim " within the meaning of article 15 of the Real Property Law.