Legal Opinion
Makas v. Every
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 8, 1996PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Casey, J.
Appeal from an order of the County Court of Ulster County (Bruhn, J.), entered December 15, 1994, which affirmed a judgment of the Justice Court of the Town of Ulster in favor of defendant.
*794County Court’s order affirmed a judgment involving a small claims action brought by plaintiff, a landlord, against defendant, his former tenant. The standard of review of a small claims judgment is limited to whether "substantial justice has not been done between the parties according to the rules and principles of substantive law” (UJCA 1807). Consequently, "such judgments should not be…
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