Legal Opinion
McMaster v. Pearse
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided September 19, 2005Published
1Opinion of the Court
*965OPINION OF THE COURT
Diane A. Lebedeff, J.
Plaintiffs seek to recover their security deposit for a residential rental unit. This matter poses the unexpectedly novel issue regarding jointly owned real property of the extent to which each co-owner has individual responsibility and accountability for the proper treatment and potential return of a leasehold security deposit.
In May of 2003, defendant landlords John and Janina Pearse, husband and wife, rented the second and third floors of a residential building located at 15 East 77th Street, Manhattan, to the plaintiff tenants, the McMasters.…
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