TRUSTEES FIRST PRES. CH. v. HOWARD CO.-JEWELERS


22 N.J. Super. 494 (1952)

92 A.2d 396

THE TRUSTEES OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEWARK, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. THE HOWARD COMPANY-JEWELERS, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 7, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Herman J. Harris argued the cause for the appellant (Messrs. Osborne, Cornish & Scheck, attorneys).

Mr. Everett M. Scherer argued the cause for respondent (Messrs. Riker, Emery & Danzig, attorneys).

Before Judges JAYNE, PROCTOR and SCHETTINO.


The opinion of the court was delivered by SCHETTINO, J.S.C.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on the verdict of the trial judge, sitting without a jury.

Plaintiff's thesis is that the parties entered into a contract of lease between plaintiff as landlord and defendant as tenant. Defendant contends the negotiations did not reach a contractual stage but rather were a preliminary understanding as to some terms of a contemplated formal lease which was...

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