Finkelstein v. Foley

This proceeding affects housing accommodations and the tenant appears without counsel. It appears from the record that the matter had been placed on the calendar once before and adjourned in order to give the landlord an opportunity to obtain a certified copy of a rent commission certificate attesting to her claim that the legal rental was $36.80 per month. On order of the Justice then presiding the tenant deposited the sum of $69 with the Clerk of the court presumably to cover the rental for the month beginning with the 15th day of July, 1953 (the only month sued for) and for the month of…