Signature Realty, Inc. v. Tallman
Cases that cite this one
7 later published cases cite this decision.
- U.S. Bank National Ass'n Ex Rel. J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-LDP11 v. Perlmutter (In re South Side House, LLC) (United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York 2012)
- AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd. v. Endeavor Capital Management LLC (District Court, S.D. New York 2012)
- In re South Side House, LLC (United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York 2011)
- Pentech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. (District Court, N.D. Illinois 2009)
- Novelty Crystal Corp. v. PSA Institutional Partners, L.P. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2008)
- Pyramid Brokerage Company of Buffalo, Inc. v. Atlas Auto Glass, Inc. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2007)
- Blinds To Go, Inc. v. Times Plaza Development (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2005)
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Opinion
*767 OPINION OF THE COURT
The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be reversed, with costs, and the case remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with this memorandum.
As we recently stated in R/S Assoc. v New York Job Dev. Auth. (98 NY2d 29, 32 [2002]), “when parties set down their agreement in a clear, complete document, their writing should as a rule be enforced according to its terms” (see also Reiss v Financial Performance Corp., 97 NY2d 195, 198 [2001], quoting W.W.W. Assoc. v Giancontieri, 77 NY2d 157, 162 [1990]). Nothing in the parties’ agreement limits the commission to the initial lease period. On the contrary, an option to renew a lease for three five-year periods, as provided for in the subject lease, would fall within the broad category of “a lease, rental arrangement or other occupancy,” unambiguously requiring payment of 10% of the rent over the period of occupancy.
Given that plaintiff did not cross-move for summary judgment, this Court is not empowered to grant it summary relief (see Merritt Hill Vineyards v Windy Hgts. Vineyard, 61 NY2d 106, 110-111 [1984]).
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith, Ciparick, Rosenblatt, Graffeo, Read and R.S. Smith concur in memorandum.
Order, insofar as appealed from, reversed, etc.
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