Legal Opinion
William Manor Management Associates v. Deutsch
Mount Vernon City Court
Decided June 7, 1984PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sam Eisenberg, J.
In these nonpayment proceedings, the tenants admit that they owe rent to the landlord for the months of December 1983 through May 1984, at the rate of $398.33 per month for an aggregate liability of $2,358.12, and the petition has been amended, by consent, to make such claim. The tenants seek an offset, however, claiming a breach by the landlord of the warranty of habitability. The court is satisfied from the testimony that, indeed, there were conditions within the premises which required repairs and which breached the warranty of habitability.
The court…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- 379 Madison Avenue Inc. v. Stuyvesant Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
- 379 Madison Avenue, Inc. v. Stuyvesant CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Rubin v. Empire Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Whittle v. Government Employees InsuranceAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1966
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