Sol #1222 — Shongo v. Miller: Carrollton hotel late renewal, two dates in the opinion

Finding #1222 recovers Shongo v. Miller, 45 App. Div. 339–349 (Fourth Department, 1899). The 1929 list places it among Seneca lease cases; the original opinion is a more particular controversy over a hotel in Carrollton village, not Salamanca.

Daniel E. Shongo, claiming through the earlier individual lessor’s family, sought to stop the sheriff from enforcing a hotel mortgage foreclosure purchaser’s possession. The court affirmed dismissal. It held that the Seneca Nation’s renewal of the lessee’s interest after the prior twelve-year period was not defeated solely by its timing: if the Nation could lease, it could waive the timing provision.

The opinion’s printed chronology contains a consequential internal conflict: factual recital says Nation renewal April 22, 1892; legal discussion says April 28, 1892. Both fall after the stated March 9, 1892 expiration. The original council minutes and lease instrument are needed to settle the day.

Separations: Carrollton ≠ Salamanca; hotel foreclosure ≠ railway tract; April 22 ≠ April 28 (do not silently combine); court’s collusion inference ≠ criminal fraud finding; this parcel ≠ every Allegany village lease. Source: 1899-shongo-miller-carrollton-hotel-late-renewal.

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