Avecrest Realty Co. v. Sherryl

The within summary proceeding presents a novel and interesting problem for decision. The landlord seeks to recover rent from the tenant in the sum of $150 on the ground ‘ ‘ that emergency commercial and business space rent control laws have terminated as of December 31, 1963, and present City Rent Administration cannot assert any regulatory power over the value of business or commercial space within the confines of an apartment as a matter of constitutional right.”

The evidence adduced at the trial herein shows that Burton P. Sherryl, a chiropractor, about June, 1950, became a tenant of the…