Cesbron v. Reardon

Aunts, maiden and otherwise (viz. such splendid types as Betsey Trotwood, Polly, Mame, and even Charley’s) have been the object of affectionate regard by the erafters of plays and novels. But unfortunately for tenant respondent in this summary holdover proceeding, they have failed to win the same high place in the hearts and minds of those who drafted the Rent, Eviction and Rehabilitation Regulations of the City of New York. Where death terminates a statu*716■tory rent controlled tenancy (Stern v. Equitable Trust Co., 238 N. Y. 267), if the- relict who formerly resided with the deceased is a…