Howard D. Johnson Co. v. Madigan

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• granting equitable relief to prevent a forfeiture where tenant’s breach of lease did not prejudice landlord and where the tenant, in good faith, subsequently complied
• refusing to allow termination where tenant failed to submit gross sales figures needed to establish rent in a timely and complete manner but cured the default and landlord suffered no harm
• court of law or equity may relieve tenant from forfeiture as penalty for breach of lease covenant if default was not willful or deliberate
• Equitable relief is proper where breach of lease covenant did not prejudice landlord and tenant demonstrated good faith in subsequent substantial com pliance.
• failure to submit gross sales figures, and when such figures were finally produced, failure to have them signed by a responsible financial officer of lessee
• \In our decisions we have followed the rule that equity does not favor a forfeiture\

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