Legal Opinion
College Properties, Inc. v. Bruce
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided January 12, 1984PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Final judgment entered January 12, 1983 is affirmed, with $25 costs.
Tenant prevailed in this holdover proceeding and was awarded attorney’s fees in the sum of $11,536, pursuant to section 234 of the Real Property Law. Landlord’s brief on appeal does not attack the underlying judgment of possession in favor of the tenant, but only the award of legal fees to the tenant. Landlord does not question the computation of those fees; rather, landlord argues that — as a rent-controlled tenant, whose occupancy commenced under a 1962 lease, prior to the 1966 enactment of section 234…
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- People Ex Rel. D. W. Griffith, Inc. v. LoughmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Cox v. First National Realty & Construction Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
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