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Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1933

M. J. Grossman, Inc. v. David W. Gentle Post No. 618 of American Legion

M. J. Grossman, Inc. v. David W. Gentle Post No. 618 of American Legion
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 9, 1933
146 Misc. 768; 262 N.Y.S. 806; 1933 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 956

Counsel

Samuel S. Goodman, for the appellant., Arnstein & Levine [Sidney S. Levine of counsel], for the respondent.

M. J. Grossman, Inc. v. David W. Gentle Post No. 618 of American Legion

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The mere fact that the defendant signed the lease on behalf of the David W. Gentle Post No. 618 of American Legion did not make him a party to the instrument. Nor could he be held personally liable for the debts of the post, since it is a local *769subdivision of a corporation created under the laws of the United States and thus occupies the status of a domestic corporation. (Civ. Prac. Act, § 7, subd. 7.)

Judgment reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and complaint dismissed on the merits, with costs!

All concur; present, Lydon, Frankenthaler and Untermyer, JJ.

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