Garcia v. Freeland Realty, Inc.

The interesting legal question raised by this small claim is whether a tenant under an oral lease is entitled to be reimbursed by his landlord for materials furnished and labor performed by the tenant in connection with the plastering and painting of two rooms in his apartment under the following circumstances:

The plaintiff lives in a tenement house located at 423 East 115th Street in the East Harlem section of Manhattan. Included among the occupants of the apartment are the plaintiff’s two children, both very young.

The record establishes that the plaster and paint in one of the .rooms and in…