Gonzalez v. CNLD Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward H. Lehner, J.

In this action plaintiff seeks, pursuant to section 234 of the Real Property Law, to recover $500 for attorneys’ fees incurred in defending two summary proceedings instituted by defendant to evict plaintiff because she was allegedly harboring a dog and maintaining a dishwasher in her apartment in violation of her lease. The first proceeding (Gonzalez v CNLD Corp., Civ Ct of City of NY, Bronx County, 1980, No. L & T 92641) was dismissed without prejudice on October 29, 1980 apparently because the landlord failed to produce a certain lease. The second…