COMM., ECUMENICAL MISSION v. GRAY, LTD.


27 N.Y.2d 457 (1971)

Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Appellant, v. Roger Gray, Ltd., et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Geraghty and Adrian A. Colley for appellant.

Edward N. Costikyan and Joseph J. Ackell for respondents.

Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, JASEN and GIBSON concur with Judge BREITEL; Chief Judge FULD dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion in which Judge BERGAN concurs.


BREITEL, J.

The issue is whether the "managing agent" of plaintiff landlord's predecessor in interest, who purportedly executed a store lease extension agreement by informal letter, was an agent for purposes of subdivision 2 of section 5-703 of the General Obligations Law; and, if so, whether the evidence of his authority to execute the extension agreement satisfies the statute.

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