Legal Opinion

Roxborough Apartments Corp. v. Kalish

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided October 1, 2010Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

2Per curiam

Order, entered October 20, 2009, affirmed, with $10 costs.

Appellants prevailed on the merits of the underlying nuisance summary holdover proceeding brought by landlord, and sought attorneys’ fees. A hearing commenced before Civil Court on the issue of attorneys’ fees during which tenant Shira Kalish, a rent-controlled tenant who apparently succeeded to the tenancy of her grandfather, produced a copy of a document that she claimed was the initial 1943 lease agreement between her grandfather and landlord’s predecessor in interest. According to tenants, the lease contains an…

3Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Schozer v. William Penn Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  2. Michigan National Bank-Oakland v. American Centennial InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
  3. People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
  4. Bogoni v. FriedlanderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  5. Baje Realty Corp. v. CutlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006

7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API