In re Elliotte

Petitioner is the plaintiff in a City Court action to recover treble damages from a landlord because of bonus payments and he is the defendant in the Municipal Court in a summary proceeding brought by said landlord for nonpayment of rent. He requests consolidation and removal to this court of such two actions.

The basis for the application is that the landlord had instituted similar summary proceedings and, according to the petitioner, this is a pattern of conduct designed to harass him. He, therefore, seeks to curtail litigation through consolidation and trial in this court. Petitioner…