Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
William F. BERGHOLD, etc., et al., Respondents,v.Samuel KIRSCHENBAUM, etc., et al., Appellants.
March 16, 1998.
Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum, P.C., Garden City (Samuel Kirschenbaum, appellant pro se, of counsel), for appellants.
Pieper Hoban & Royce, P.C., Mineola (Stephen P. Hoban, of counsel), for respondents.
*498 In an action, inter alia, for a judgment declaring that the plaintiffs are in compliance with the terms of a lease, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Burke, J.), dated January 7, 1997, which granted the plaintiffs' motion to preliminarily enjoin them from terminating the lease on the condition that the plaintiffs post an undertaking in the sum of $125,000.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiffs have demonstrated the elements necessary to establish their entitlement to a preliminary injunction prohibiting the defendants from seeking to terminate their lease pending a determination of the underlying dispute (see, **888First Natl. Stores v. Yellowstone Shopping Ctr., 21 N.Y.2d 630, 290 N.Y.S.2d 721, 237 N.E.2d 868; Long Is. Gynecological Servs. v. 1103 Stewart Ave. Assocs. Ltd. Partnership, 224 A.D.2d 591, 638 N.Y.S.2d 959; Matter of Langfur, 198 A.D.2d 355, 603 N.Y.S.2d 576). Furthermore, a commercial tenant is not required to admit that it is in default in order to seek a Yellowstone injunction so long as it stands ready to cure any defaults in the event that it is "determined that the tenant's evaluation" of the circumstances was "improper" (Finley v. Park Ten Assoc., 83 A.D.2d 537, 538, 441 N.Y.S.2d 475).
The defendants have failed to substantiate their contention that the trust, to which the lease was assigned in 1965, is no longer in existence or not "the real party in interest" (see, Brignoli v. Balch, Hardy & Scheinman, 178 A.D.2d 290, 577 N.Y.S.2d 375). Their conclusory allegations concerning the existence of the trust clearly fail in the face of the evidence presented by the *499 plaintiffs that the trust is viable and has not been dissolved.
THOMPSON, J.P., and PIZZUTO, JOY and ALTMAN, JJ., concur.
669 N.Y.S.2d 887 (Mem), 248 A.D.2d 498, 1998 N.Y. Slip Op. 02516
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Berghold v. Kirschenbaum, 248 A.D.2d 498, 669 N.Y.S.2d 887 (Mem), 1998 N.Y. Slip Op. 02516 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept., Mar 16, 1998) (NO. 97-01303)
Supreme Court, Appellate Division,
Second Department, New York.
William F. BERGHOLD, etc., et al., Respondents,
v.
Samuel KIRSCHENBAUM, etc., et al., Appellants.
March 16, 1998.
Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum, P.C., Garden City (Samuel Kirschenbaum, appellant
pro se, of counsel), for appellants.
Pieper Hoban & Royce, P.C., Mineola (Stephen P. Hoban, of counsel), for
respondents.
*498 In an action, inter alia, for a judgment declaring that the plaintiffs are
in compliance with the terms of a lease, the defendants appeal from an order of
the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Burke, J.), dated January 7, 1997, which
granted the plaintiffs' motion to preliminarily enjoin them from terminating the
lease on the condition that the plaintiffs post an undertaking in the sum of
$125,000.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiffs have demonstrated the elements necessary to establish their
entitlement to a preliminary injunction prohibiting the defendants from seeking
to terminate their lease pending a determination of the underlying dispute (see,
**888First Natl. Stores v. Yellowstone Shopping Ctr., 21 N.Y.2d 630, 290
N.Y.S.2d 721, 237 N.E.2d 868; Long Is. Gynecological Servs. v. 1103 Stewart
Ave. Assocs. Ltd. Partnership, 224 A.D.2d 591, 638 N.Y.S.2d 959; Matter of
Langfur, 198 A.D.2d 355, 603 N.Y.S.2d 576). Furthermore, a commercial tenant
is not required to admit that it is in default in order to seek a Yellowstone
injunction so long as it stands ready to cure any defaults in the event that it
is "determined that the tenant's evaluation" of the circumstances was "improper"
(Finley v. Park Ten Assoc., 83 A.D.2d 537, 538, 441 N.Y.S.2d 475).
The defendants have failed to substantiate their contention that the trust, to
which the lease was assigned in 1965, is no longer in existence or not "the real
party in interest" (see, Brignoli v. Balch, Hardy & Scheinman, 178 A.D.2d 290,
577 N.Y.S.2d 375). Their conclusory allegations concerning the existence of
the trust clearly fail in the face of the evidence presented by the *499
plaintiffs that the trust is viable and has not been dissolved.
THOMPSON, J.P., and PIZZUTO, JOY and ALTMAN, JJ., concur.
669 N.Y.S.2d 887 (Mem), 248 A.D.2d 498, 1998 N.Y. Slip Op. 02516
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