Ruthann Corp. v. Adler

This is a summary proceeding under subdivision 4 of section 1411 of the Civil Practice Act.

The landlord is the owner of a dwelling known as 3415 Knox Place, Borough of the Bronx. Respondents are tenants of a fifth-floor apartment in the premises. It is conceded that the respondents are lawfully in possession of the apartment, having come into the same under the terms of a written lease.

The petitioner seeks to recover possession of the outside portion of one of the living room windows of tenants’ apartment on which the respondents have installed an arrangement of metal bars, known as a…