LEIGHTON v. JAWROWER


300 N.Y. 582 (1949)

Leon Leighton et al., as Trustees, Landlords, Appellants, v. Morris Jawrower, Tenant, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 29, 1949


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnet Kaprow for appellants.

Ed Dupree, General Counsel (Nathan Siegel, Hugo V. Prucha and Louise F. McCarthy of counsel), for Office of Housing Expediter, amicus curiæ, in support of appellants' position.

Leo Isacson for respondent.

Barney Rosenstein and Murray A. Gordon for New York Tenant Councils on Rent and Housing, amicus curiæ, in support of respondent's position.

Concur: LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE, FULD and BROMLEY, JJ.


Order reversed, without costs, and the matter remitted to the Municipal Court of the City of New York for further proceedings upon the authority of F. T. B. Realty Corp. v. Goodman (300 N.Y. 140

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