WIESENTHAL v. YOUNG


280 A.D. 590 (1952)

Herman Wiesenthal et al., Appellants-Respondents, v. B. Benjamin Young et al., Respondents-Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

November 5, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avel B. Silverman for appellants-respondents.

Nathan Kosseff for respondents-appellants.

PECK, P. J., DORE, COHN and CALLAHAN, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

The issue is whether in a deed of real property, otherwise absolute on its face, a covenant that the grantees will not sell, transfer or lease any part thereof for a period of two years followed by a statement that "This restriction against the sale, transfer and leasing may be waived by the grantors" on payment by the grantees of $1,000 — is an illegal restraint upon alienation and void.

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