Fisher v. Benjamin

In this proceeding to dispossess the tenant for nonpayment of rent, the tenant has counterclaimed for his damages incurred from the landlords’ failure to paint the premises. In the language of the Bent Begulation of the Office of Price Administration, the landlords failed to “ provide * * * the same essential services * * * as those provided on the date determining the maximum rent.” ' (8 Fed. Reg. 13915.) The landlords have objected to the tenant’s testimony of his payment of fifty dollars for necessarily painting the premises and have moved to dismiss the counterclaim. Although the…