Bernkrant v. State

Appeals from orders of the Count of Claims which (1) denied the State’s motion for an order dismissing the claim upon the ground that it did not state a cause of action, and (2) granted claimant’s motion for an order directing the State to answer written interrogatories. Claimant, the owner of a small apartment building in New York City, applied to the 'State Rent Commission to evict certain of his tenants so that he could use the premises himself. His various applications and protests were denied and article 78 proceedings were instituted which culminated in /the annulment of the Rent…