Legal Opinion
Stephen Estates, Inc. v. Kaplan
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided October 26, 1950PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFrank, J.
The problem in this holdover summary proceeding is posed by a motion to dismiss the petition “ on the ground that the same fails to state facts constituting a cause of action.”
New housing in this city, public and private, has produced a trickle of additional accommodations against the needs of more than a quarter of a million families who are desperately seeking them. This meager supply has occasioned a recurrence of one phase in the relationship of landlord and tenant, bedeviling the principals involved, creating confusion and a flood of repetitious litigation.
What are the rights of those…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Stern v. . Equitable Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Whitmarsh v. FarnellNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
- Reich v. . CochranNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Williams v. . AltNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- The People Ex Rel. Ainslee v. . HowlettNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Resolution Trust Corp. v. DiamondCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Goldman Bros. v. ForesterCivil Court of the City of New York · 1970
- Fitzgerald v. WashingtonCivil Court of the City of New York · 1975
- Resolution Trust Corporation v. Selma DiamondCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Garrison v. Abrams, New York County Courts1965
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