Tavormina v. Alexander Grant & Co. (In Re Trending Cycles for Commodities, Inc.)

THOMAS C. BRITTON, Bankruptcy Judge.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

The trustee seeks recovery of a $10,000 security deposit from the debtor’s landlord. (C. P. No. 1) The landlord has answered and counterclaimed for $5,623 administrative rent and $12,564 damages, in excess of the security deposit, resulting from the breach of the lease. The matter was tried before me on August 7, 1980. This order incorporates findings and conclusions as authorized by B.R. 752(a).

In 1978, the debtor subleased from the defendant 2,454 square feet on the fifth floor of an office building on Brickell Avenue in Miami. The rest…