May v. Dermont
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the landlords from an order of the Municipal Court of the city of New,York, borough of Manhattan, third district, dismissing the petition in a summary proceeding.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The landlord has brought a summary . proceeding to recover possession of a house leased to the defendant after the expiration of the defendant’s term. At the trial the petition was dismissed on the ground that the landlord’s remedy by summary proceeding was suspended by chapter 942 of the Laws of 1920. That statute provides that in view of the existing public emergency no summary proceeding “ shall be maintainable to recover the possession of real property * * * occupied for dwelling purposes ’ ’ except in certain contingencies; and the only question in this case is whether the house leased…
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