Legal Opinion
Schwartz v. Power Conversion, Inc.
Mount Vernon City Court
Decided July 20, 1982PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sam Eisenberg, J.
In this summary proceeding for nonpayment of rent, the respondent tenant appeared on the return date challenging the jurisdiction of the court because of alleged inadequate service and asserting a total offset against the rent claimed in the petition. Service was made by affixing a copy of the notice and petition upon a conspicuous part of the property sought to be recovered and by certified mailing of a copy to the respondent, all as required by RPAPL 735. With respect to the offset, the tenant asserted that the landlord had advised him that he did not…
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