Klein v. Ickovitz

Defendant appeals from a judgment confessed in the name of Louis Klein, d. b. a. Apex Associates, for rent due in the sum of $1,280 and attorney’s fees of $200. The trial court had vacated a prior judgment confessed in the sum of $191.50 and allowed an amended complaint to be filed to take into account the rent for subsequent months. The rent owing had accrued, pursuant to the terms of the lease, after the defendant-lessee had been evicted in a forcible detainer action for breach of the lease.

Defendant first contends that his obligation to pay rent was suspended by his eviction, and that the…