Norgaard v. Bell

W. E. Bell rented a three-room apartment to Mrs. Lorena Norgaard. The premises were located within an area in which the O. P. A. was operative. The landlord obtained a dispossessory warrant against the tenant. The tenant filed a counter-affidavit and bond. The issue thus formed was tried before one of the judges of the Civil Court of Fulton County, without the intervention of a jury. A judgment was rendered in favor of the landlord. The tenant appealed from this judgment to the Appellate Division of the Civil Court of Fulton County. The appellate division affirmed the judgment of the trial…