The order of the Appellate Division should be modified by reinstating so much of the judgment as awarded damages to defendant on her counterclaim for use and occupancy and, as so modified, affirmed, with costs.
It is well settled that "parties to a civil litigation, in the absence of a strong countervailing public policy, may consent, formally or by their conduct, to the law to be applied" (Martin v...
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