Leventhal v. Straus

This suit has been instituted to recover the security of $150 given hy the plaintiff to the defendants under a written lease and also to recover damages in the sum of $37.50, representing one half of the rental paid for the month of September, 1949, based on defendants’ alleged breach of the covenant of quiet enjoyment. A counterclaim has been interposed by the defendants for rent unpaid and for damages representing the cost required to redecorate the apartment, vacated hy the plaintiff before the end of the lease term.

The premises covered by the lease consist of a two-room apartment facing…