Lockwood v. Adolpho
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Third District. Summary proceedings by William B. Lockwood against Severino Adolpho. From a final order for the landlord, the tenant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
The verified answer of the tenant in this proceeding set up as a defense that during the months of July and August, and up to the date hereof (October 38th), the landlord, his agents, etc., entered upon and evicted the said tenant, by breaking down and obstructing the hallways and rooms of said building, forcing beams, and shoving through the walls thereof, and rendering the same unfit for human habitation, and as a further defense set up the institution of a proceed*368ing in August, 1969, by this same landlord against the same tenant to recover the same premises for nonpayment o.f rent, that in…
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