Mahoney v. Hoffman
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendants from a final order in summary proceedings, awarding possession of the premises to the plaintiff, entered in the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, second district, borough of The Bronx.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
The appellant was an “ intruder ” or “ squatter ” within the meaning of section 2232 of the Code of Civil Procedure (subd. 4), and the final order awarding possession of the premises to the respondent should be affirmed. A right of possession was claimed by this appellant through assignments of a lease from the respondent — the owner — to one Elliott; but, by a warrant in dispossess proceedings for nonpayment of rent, this lease was terminated before the appellant’s occupancy began; and whatever rights he took under the assignment — made without the landlord’s consent and in violation of a…
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- O'Donnell v. McIntyre, New York County Courts1885
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