Mahoney v. Dable
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by tenant from a final order of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, seventh district, awarding possession of the premises to the landlord, upon the direction of a verdict by the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, J.
The tenant had occupied an apartment under a written lease for a year, at a monthly rental of thirty dollars, from December 1,1917. In November, 1918, the landlord by letter informed her that owing to an increase in the building’s rent, she would be compelled to raise the tenant’s rent to thirty-five dollars per month, beginning December 1, 1918, for a period expiring the following December and promising to install a private bell for the tenant who was a dressmaker, to avoid for her the annoyance caused by the indiscriminate ringing of the ordinary bell. The tenant testified, though the…
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