Bec Realty Corp. v. Primack

The within action is to recover rent for premises for the period July 7, 1950, up to and including June 30, 1951, occupied by defendant as a statutory tenant under an expired lease which by its terms fixed the rent at $65 per month. On July 7, 1950, the plaintiff, as landlord brought a proceeding in the Supreme Court under section 4 of chapter 314 of the Laws of 1945 as amended (Business Rent Law) to fix the reasonable rent at a sum greater than $65 per month. On March 4, 1951, by a final order, the Supreme Court fixed the reasonable rent at $130 per month retroactively to • July 7, 1950, the…