46 Downing Street Corp. v. Loren

During trial in this summary holdover proceeding, tenant moves to dismiss on the ground of a defective verification to the petition.

The motion is granted (Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law, § 741; CPLR 3020 and 3022; see Sandymark Realty Corp. v. Greswell, 67 Misc 2d 630).

*738This opinion is being written and filed for the purpose of illuminating for benefit of counsel for both landlords and tenants, a practice which is pernicious and which may be more widespread than any of us are aware.

The court has long known that landlords delegate to City Marshals the task of filling in the blanks on…