Legal Opinion
Wokal v. Sequin
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided April 25, 1938PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
This is a summary proceeding under an oral lease as a month-to-month tenant for a second-floor apartment in what is a two-family house. The landlord is seeking possession because of tenant’s failure to pay the rent due March 15, 1938, and the tenant has interposed a counterclaim to recover back rent paid by him for the months of November and December, 1937, alleging that the landlord during said months maintained the premises in question in violation of section 301 of the Multiple Dwelling Law.
Section 4 of the Multiple Dwelling Law defines a multiple dwelling as one which is “ occupied as the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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