Jackson v. Rivera

In this nonpayment summary proceeding the legal question of broadest concern was presented by the tenant’s claim, sustained by the evidence, that her toilet had ceased to function, that the landlord had refused her request to make the required repairs and that she had hired someone at her own expense to repair the facility. The repairs cost the tenant $22, which I find was the necessary and reasonable cost of what was done, and the tenant, together with other defenses, seeks to set oft this amount against the landlord’s claim for rent.

*469The essential issue presented is whether the willful…