Behm v. Damm
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of the- Bronx, Second District. Action by Julia Behm against Frederick Damm and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Per curiam
There was sufficient conflict of evidence to require submission to the jury. The defendant’s position was that of janitress or servant, and the landlord had an undoubted right at any time to dismiss her, and, if she refused to remove her furniture, to put it out. This, however, did not include the right to forcibly destroy or- injure the furniture. If her testimony is to be believed, the defendant Damm committed a wanton trespass. The *736complaint against the other defendants was properly .dismissed, hut as to Damm we think it should have been left to the jury to say whether he gave plaintiff…
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