Waters v. Jacobs

These consolidated actions are brought to recover the sum of $1,353.75 representing three months’ rent claimed under a lease made on October 1, 1946, • covering business property.

The plaintiffs have moved for summary judgment. The sole defense interposed by the defendant Schneider is that the lease is invalid in that it fails to set forth a statement giving the tenant an option to cancel the agreement on sixty days’ notice as specified by section 4 of Business Bent Law (L. 1945, ch. 314, as amd.). Based on this premise, the defendant Schneider has interposed a counterclaim for $2,390 claiming…