Petrolle v. Glavin

The parties entered into a residential lease agreement whereby plaintiff would rent an apartment from defendant. After plaintiff moved out of the apartment at the end of the lease term, he brought this small claims action seeking, among other things, the return of his security deposit. At the hearing, defendant raised a counterclaim for damages to the apartment. The Town Court of the Town of Milford (Moore, J.) entered a judgment in favor of defendant on his counterclaim. On appeal, County Court found that plaintiff was entitled to a credit and modified the judgment by reducing the amount.…