Legal Opinion
Park South Associates v. Essebag
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided May 19, 1982PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
David B. Saxe, J.
If a landlord’s summary eviction proceeding is dismissed because it is based on a legally defective notice to cure, may the tenant nevertheless recover attorneys’ fees even though it is uncertain whether “the landlord contemplates no further proceedings to determine the underlying merits” of the action? (N.V. Madison, Inc. v Saurwein, 103 Misc 2d 996, 998 [App Term, 1st Dept].)
Based upon an analysis of section 234 of the Real Property Law, which authorizes the recovery of attorneys’ fees in certain landlord-tenant residential proceedings, cases decided…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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