Should a Housing Judge hear proof of every category of counterclaim that may be pleaded in a summary proceeding? Does the answer change if, in a residential printed form lease, there is a clause which purports to bar all such counterclaims?
These questions are raised by a motion by petitioner landlord for an order severing all counterclaims of respondents tenants in this nonpayment summary proceeding. The basis of the motion...
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