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New York Real Estate Law ReporterColumns & Departments

Landlord & Tenant Law

By ssalkin
August 01, 2020

Statute of Frauds Bars Lease Claim

Roman Catholic Church of the Epiphany v. City of New York NYLJ 5/15/20, p. 32, col. 3, AppDiv Second Dept. (memorandum opinion)

In the church's action for a judgment declaring that the parties had entered into a 99-year rent-free lease, the church appealed from Supreme Court's dismissal of the complaint. The Appellate Division affirmed, holding that the statute of frauds barred the claim.

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