Prescott v. Makowski

Defendant-landlord appeals from a small claims judgment, requiring him to repay his tenant’s security deposit. He argues that the trial court erred by overruling his objection to the report filed by the court’s referee. We find no merit in that contention, so we affirm.

Plaintiff-tenant filed his “Statement of Claim” in the Small Claims Division of the Garfield Heights Municipal Court. In that pleading, he asserted that he had given landlord $150 as a security deposit when he rented the downstairs apartment of a two-family house in November 1980. He further stated that he terminated his…