Xiu Chai Shi v. Lease

Xiu Chai Shi, Appellant,

against

John J. Lease, Doing Business as JOHN J. LEASE REALTORS, Respondent, -and- JOHN E. BACH, Defendant Stakeholder.

Appeal from a decision of the City Court of Middletown, Orange County (Robert F. Moson, J.), dated June 1, 2015, deemed from a judgment of the same court entered June 10, 2015 (see CPLR 5512 [a]). The judgment, after a nonjury trial, dismissed the action.

ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, without costs, and the matter is remitted to the City Court for a new trial before a different judge.

This small claims action involves a dispute as to a $3,300…