Alabama Holding Corp. v. Conrey
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by defendants from judgments of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, seventh district, fixing the amount of rent to be awarded a landlord as reasonable and fair.
1Opinion of the CourtDelehanty, J.
In these actions to recover the reasonable value of apartments occupied by defendants, the landlord’s bill of particulars covers “ expenses ” aggregating $93,000. The bill is based in part upon estimates rather than actual experience, and comprises a number of items of doubtful validity.
*658The learned judge below allowed an average increase of eighty-two per cent of the old rentals, paying the plaintiff, as we figure it, a return of over twenty per cent upon its equity.. Appellants do not .insist upon a reversal of the judgments, but are willing to pay an increase of thirty-five per cent, which…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Alabama Holding Corp. v. ConreyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922