Commercial Landlord-Tenant—Landlord Sought To Pierce the Tenant’s Corporate Veil—Tenant’s Motion to Dismiss Denied—Tenant Had Allegedly Failed to Pay Tax Bills, Fixed Rent and Had Illegally Sublet Part of the Premises—After Obtaining a Default Judgment Against the Tenant, Landlord Alleged That Tenant’s Principals Used Corporate Funds to Pay for Goods and Services Unrelated to Tenants’ Business and Diverted And/Or Liquidated Corporate Assets—Corporate Funds Allegedly Used For Personal Trips, Luxury Goods and Other Business Ventures—Misuse of Corporate Form to Perpetuate Scheme to Defraud
A commercial tenant leased premises to be used for the sale of costume jewelry. The individual defendants (defendants) are the tenant’s principals. The tenant continued to operate its business and collected rent from “illegal” subtenants, while not paying amounts due to the landlord. The landlord had obtained a default judgment (judgment) against the tenant.
