Black v. General Wiper Supply Co.

In this summary proceeding, an order has been entered awarding the landlord possession of the rented premises as well as a money judgment for $685, representing the cost of certain electrical repairs. Both parties have appealed, by permission of the Appellate Division, to us — the tenants, from the order dispossessing them and directing a judgment for $685; the landlord, from so much of the order as denied recovery for sewer rents, levied against the premises and paid by the landlord. Resolution of the controversy turns upon the construction of a lease covering a two-story brick building in…