Sigsbee Holding Corp. v. Canavan

The landlord seeks a final order of eviction on the ground that the tenant replaced old, used cabinets, with new ones, and contends that this constitutes waste and a violation of a substantial obligation of the tenancy. The importance of this matter cannot of course be disregarded. Countless tenants would be affected by the decision in this case, for if this were a basis for eviction of tenants the door would be opened to evictions in almost every case where a landlord refuses to permit the tenant to improve the apartment, perhaps even to drive nails into the wall to hang shelves, pictures,…