Myers v. Blaise

Appeal from two orders of the County Court of Essex County which granted summary judgments in two actions involving possession of real property. In the first, a summary proceeding by the landlord against alleged holdover tenants, the Comity Court granted summary judgment to the landlord and struck out the equitable counterclaim and defense of the defendants. In the second action, brought under article 15 of the Real Property Law, the supposed tenants sought to determine the title to the land. The County Court likewise granted summary judgment to the landlord holding the Statute of Frauds a…