Shank v. William S.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT

Plaintiff, in this small claims action, seeks to recover money damages for allegedly unpaid rents, electric bills, and for damage to personal and real property, all arising out of defendants’ occupancy of plaintiff’s premises. The facts, as gleaned from the testimony of plaintiff, defendant Josephine Harvey, Sinclair Williams and Jose Ortiz, are relatively simple and, for the most part, undisputed.

On or about May 16, 1977, plaintiff as landlord and defendants as tenants entered into a written lease of premises commonly known and designated as “a furnished…