Strausman v. Bram

This is a holdover summary proceeding wherein the petitioners entered into a written lease with a respondent which lease expired on September 30, 1974. The facts are agreed or at least to the following extent are uncontroverted : that prior to the expiration of the lease on July 29, 1974, the petitioners offered to renew the respondent’s lease, but the respondent wanted only a six-month lease whereas the petitioners’ landlords refused such a lease and subsequently the parties agreed to enter into a one-year lease. A one-year lease was offered to the tenant on September 5, 1974, before the…