Silverman-Mendelson, Inc. v. Malco Trading Corp.

This is a summary proceeding, instituted to dispossess the tenant and under-tenants from the premises known as Nos. 1620, 1624, 1626, 1628 Kings highway, in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, for the non-payment by the tenant of rent in the sum of $1,166.66, which became due December 1, 1931, pursuant to the terms of a written lease.

The answer contains certain denials, as well as a defense and counterclaim alleging that the landlord unlawfully converted and appropriated to its own use and benefit, without the knowledge and consent of the tenant, and in violation of the terms of the…