Baker v. Donlin
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, ninth district, rendered in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiff brings this action for the difference betwen the amount of rent named in a lease and the amount at which the apartment was let to a new tenant after the premises were vacated by the alleged defendant lessee, for gas and electricity used during the occupancy and for money paid out for cleaning and advertising the vacated apartment and for brokerage in securing a new tenant. Substantially the answer is a general denial.
Plaintiff offered in evidence a written lease for seven months and signed “ M. J. Donlin by E. Hite ’ ’ and then gave oral testimony to the effect that he had never…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Underhill v. . CollinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Dagett v. ChampneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- Sixty Wall Street v. ClevengerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
3Cited by1 opinion
- Kamioner v. BalkindCity of New York Municipal Court · 1916