Raven Electric Co. v. Linzer

Protracted litigation between the plaintiff as a tenant and the defendants as landlords has given rise to this action.

The rent to be paid by the plaintiff-tenant to the defendants-landlords for the use of commercial space at 889 Broadway, Manhattan Borough, New York City, was fixed in 1948 by an arbitration proceeding at a sum in excess of rent otherwise permissible under the emergency rent control laws. By the action now before us the plaintiff-tenant seeks a judgment declaring that the arbitration proceeding was a mere sham; that the order made at Special Term confirming the arbitration…