Demko v. Ventrone

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for wrongful eviction, originally commenced as a special proceeding to recover possession of real property, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Kuffner, J.), dated February 6, 1986, which granted the plaintiff’s motion to amend the ad damnum clause to increase it from $3,000 actual damages plus exemplary damages of treble that amount to $200,000 actual damages plus exemplary damages of treble that amount, and to remove the action then pending in the Civil Court of the City of New York, Richmond County, to the Supreme…