Legal Opinion

Schenkel v. Brettschneider

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided May 26, 1916Published

Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Second District. Action by Jacob Schenkel against Samuel Brettschneider, first name fictitious, etc., party intended conducting a laundry at 206 Powell street, Brooklyn, N. Y., as the Sanitary Hand Laundry. From a judgment and order in favor of plaintiff upon the pleadings, defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded.

1Per curiam

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered upon the pleadings in favor of the plaintiff, upon the ground that the answer interposed by the defendant is insufficient as a matter of law, and is frivolous, and was interposed in bad faith. Briefly stated the complaint alleges: First, the making of a lease between one Meyer Ellenbogen, as landlord, and the defendant, as tenant, running from May 1, 1913, to April 30, 1915; second, the entering into possession of the demised premises by the defendant, and his continuance therein until August 31, 1915; third, an agreed rental of $38 per month payable…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Preston v. CuneoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910

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