Court Opinion

ID: 9788033
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 00:29:12.541959+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:36:57.111037
License: Public Domain

*566Fuld, J. (concurring).
Although I am of the opinion that the landlord’s covenant to obtain a certificate of occupancy and the tenant’s covenant to pay rent were dependent, I am for reversal — solely on the ground, however, that the tenant in this case waived its right to demand timely compliance by the landlord. The certificate was actually procured on July 8, 1954, just nine days after the deadline date specified by the tenant and the delay between the beginning of the lease term and the obtaining of the certificate, though long, left the tenant’s possession wholly undisturbed. In the light of such facts and in view of the other peculiar circumstances present, the tenant was not entitled to insist upon a certificate by June 30, 1948.