Haber v. Schonzeit
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Second District. Action by Ascher Haber against Dora Schonzeit, individually and as executrix of the last will and testament of Meyer H. Schonzeit, deceased. From a judgment entered on verdict for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered.
1Opinion of the CourtGuy, J.
Plaintiff, formerly a tenant of defendant, brought the action to recover $389.59, balance claimed to be due out of a deposit of $1,000 made by him under a written lease with the landlord. The demised premises were a tenement house, and the plaintiff admitted that he owed the rent for the last month of the term, amounting to $477.33, that there were various balances for previous months, and that at the time he left the premises there were outstanding against them 22 violations under notices served by the tenement house department, with which he had not complied, and that he collected rent from…
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Caesar v. . RubinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Hochman v. BolltAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1915
- Raab v. National Slavonic Society of United States of AmericaAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1915