Copperfretti v. Shephard

Order of Appellate Term affirming an order of the Municipal Court, which denied the tenant’s motion to open the default in summary proceedings and to dismiss the petition, reversed on the law and the facts, with costs, order of the Municipal Court reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion granted, with ten dollars costs. The respondent, as landlord of the premises in question, claims title under a sale of the premises by the sheriff of Kings county, conducted by him pursuant to an uncollected judgment against James A. Shephard, Jr., the former owner of the property. The…