GREENE v. RESCH


114 Misc.2d 780 (1982)

Marvin H. Greene et al., Petitioners, v. Jacqueline Resch et al., Respondents.

Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County.

July 9, 1982


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Israel Slochowsky for petitioner. Morton B. Dicker and Richard F. Braun for Jacqueline Resch, respondent. Ethel Verducci, respondent pro se.


IRA B. HARKAVY, J.

Is it incumbent upon a landlord to invade the province of psychiatry and to make inquiry into the mental status of a tenant before commencing a summary proceeding? The issue presented in the instant case is whether the court should set aside a default judgment entered against an incompetent party, who has not been judicially declared so, because the party was allegedly incapable of reacting to the service of process. Was it the responsibility...

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