Legal Opinion
Balaban v. Phillips
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided March 7, 1988PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jay Stuart Dankberg, J.
"Jurisdiction exists that rights may be maintained. Rights are not maintained that jurisdiction may exist” (Berkovitz v Arbib & Houlberg, 230 NY 261, 274 [Cardozo, J., 1921]).
This lawsuit is a holdover summary proceeding brought to evict three named respondents. It is alleged that respondent Jeanne-Marie Phillips — the lease-holding tenant — unlawfully sublet or assigned the subject apartment to the remaining respondents, Pamela Phillips (her sister) and Laurie Grieve.
*991In their answer, Pamela and Jeanne-Marie Phillips assert a cross claim against…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Matter of Berkovitz v. . Arbib HoulbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Reining v. . City of Buffalo, Etc.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- City of New York v. Chemical BankNew York Supreme Court · 1983
- Goldman Bros. v. ForesterCivil Court of the City of New York · 1970
- Teachers College v. WolterdingAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1974
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