HELMSLEY v. COHEN


56 A.D.2d 519 (1977)

Harry B. Helmsley, Respondent, v. Seymour Cohen et al., Appellants

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

February 3, 1977


The affirmative defense is raised that the lease herein was assigned to and assumed by the partnership and therefore no individual, but only partnership liability, if any, would attach. The record supports this contention. The lease between plaintiff and Walston & Co., Inc., was assigned to 129 Front Company, the partnership, with the written consent of plaintiff, and it was the partnership, acting by its general partner, which agreed to assume the obligations of the...

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