Legal Opinion
Finnerty v. Freeman
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided March 26, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Memorandum.
Judgment unanimously reversed without costs, and the matter is remanded to the court below for a new trial in accordance with the decision herein.
General Obligations Law § 7-103 (1) provides that a security deposit “shall continue to be the money of the person making such deposit or advance and shall be held in trust by the person with whom such deposit or advance shall be made and shall not be mingled with the personal moneys or become an asset of the person receiving the same”. The rule against commingling of a security deposit with a landlord’s own funds was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Glass v. Janbach Properties, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- In re Perfection Technical Services Press, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1965
- In re Perfection Technical Services Press, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1966
- Ferguson v. Vaughan Imported Cars Inc.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1957
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