JACKSON v. WESTMINSTER HOUSE OWNERS INC.


24 A.D.3d 249 (2005)

806 N.Y.S.2d 495

RICHARD JACKSON et al., Appellants, v. WESTMINSTER HOUSE OWNERS INC. et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 15, 2005.


To make out a prima facie case of breach of the covenant of quiet enjoyment, a tenant must establish that the landlord's conduct substantially and materially deprived the tenant of the beneficial use and enjoyment of the premises (see Barash v. Pennsylvania Term. Real Estate Corp., 26 N.Y.2d 77, 82-83 [1970]). There must be an actual ouster, either total or partial, or if the eviction is constructive, there must have been an abandonment...

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