The acceptance of rent by landlord from the occupant of the apartment, with knowledge that she was not the person who signed the lease, constituted a waiver of any right to forfeit the lease. (Woollard v. Schaffer Stores Co., 272 N.Y. 304, 313.) Furthermore, by bringing a prior summary proceeding to evict the occupant for nonpayment of the August, 1960 rent, the landlord must be deemed to have accepted...
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