Hyatt v. Burr

Roosevelt, Justice.

The preliminary question presented in this case is one of great interest to occupants and owners of dwellings, especially in a city where “ moving,” as it is termed, is of such frequent occurrence, and the time of its advent so near at hand.

One tenant, at the alleged expiration of his term, refuses to deliver possession to the succeeding tenant, whose family or business is thereby ruinously deranged. To meet the pressing evil the law has provided a summary remedy. The landlord applies for it—an immediate hearing is had before the Justice’s Court, the tribunal designated for…