Gaster v. Belak

OPINION

CHRISTIE, Judge.

Defendants bring this case before the Court on appeal from a decision of the Justice of the Peace Court which granted the plaintiffs recovery of their security deposit on an apartment which they had rented from the defendants. As this case is to be tried de novo, the plaintiffs have filed their complaint with this Court. In their answer to the complaint, defendants seek to assert a counterclaim for three months’ rent. Plaintiffs move to dismiss the counterclaim on the ground that it is barred by the doctrine of res judicata due to the fact that defendants have…