Enterprises owned by Jews but leased to non Jews should not be considered Jewish, the Koenigsberg High Court rules t oday.
The decision quashes one previously handed down by a lower court which rejected a lessee’s demand that the court issue an in junction against a competitor for denouncing the leased firm as Jewish-owned.
The High Court, in authorizing the injunction, declared that the business was being conducted in dependently of the Jewish sessor, aithough the lessor shared in the profits of the enterprises.
The decision is important in view of the difficult circumstances of Jewish enterprises in the provinces.Such businesses will now be able to avoid the anti-Jewish boycott to some extent by renting out their premises.
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