Case Name: BERNSTEIN v. SHIFMAN
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1960-02-25
Citations: 358 Mich. 699
Docket Number: Docket No. 17, Calendar No. 48,273
Parties: BERNSTEIN v. SHIFMAN.
Judges: Dethmers, C. J., and Carr, Kelly, Smith, Edwards, Kavanagh, and Souris, JJ., concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 358
Pages: 699–700

Head Matter:
BERNSTEIN v. SHIFMAN.
Interest — Breach of Lease Covenant for Improvements.
Lessor is entitled to legal interest from date lease covenant to make improvements is judicially determined to have been breached.
References for Points in Headnotes
32 Am Jur, Landlord and Tenant § 731.
Appeal from Wayne; Targonski (Victor), J.
Submitted January 6, 1960.
(Docket No. 17, Calendar No. 48,273.)
Decided February 25, 1960.
Action by Eugenia May Bernstein against Mendel Shifman for damages arising out of breach of covenant to make improvements on leased property. Verdict for plaintiff and judgment entered thereon without interest. Plaintiff’s motion to enter judgment to include interest denied.
Plaintiff appeals. Reversed and remanded.
Sander Bernstein, for plaintiff.

Opinion:
Black, J.
Refer to Bernstein v. Shifman, 355 Mich 398. Subsequent trial to a jury resulted in a verdict for tbe plaintiff lessor in the sum of $10,000, tbat being tbe amount required by the lease to make good tbe defendant lessee's covenant for improvements. Plaintiff moved for entry of judgment on tbe verdict with specification of right, to recover interest at tbe legal rate, on the amount of tbe verdict, from August 1, 1956, tbat being the date of breach as previously determined by this Court. Tbe trial judge denied such motion. Plaintiff appeals.
Plaintiff is entitled to recover interest as claimed, in addition to the principal amount due her (Gottesman v. Fay-Bea Construction Co., 355 Mich 6). Her motion should have been granted.
I would reverse and remand for entry of judgment in accordance with these views. Plaintiff should have costs.
Dethmers, C. J., and Carr, Kelly, Smith, Edwards, Kavanagh, and Souris, JJ., concurred.