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Best v. Samjo Realty Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 16, 2000
272 A.D.2d 188 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

May 16, 2000.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louise Gruner-Gans, J.), entered July 13, 1999, which, in an action for wrongful eviction, granted defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Timothy Best, Pro Se, for plaintiff-appellant.

Marc H. Rubin, for defendant-respondent.

Before: Williams, J.P., Lerner, Rubin, Saxe, Buckley, JJ.


Giving plaintiff's allegations every favorable intendment, his occupancy of the subject apartment was pursuant to a license that terminated along with his admittedly at-will employment as a porter in defendant's building. Accordingly, plaintiff's occupancy of the apartment could be terminated without a notice to quit (RPAPL 713), and indeed without any legal process whatsoever "so long as it [was] done without violence"; (P A Bros. v. City of New York Dept. of Parks Recreation, 184 A.D.2d 267, 268-269). No claim of violence is made here, plaintiff having left his apartment voluntarily. We have considered plaintiff's other arguments and find them to be without merit.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

Best v. Samjo Realty Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 16, 2000
272 A.D.2d 188 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Best v. Samjo Realty Corp.

Case Details

Full title:TIMOTHY BEST, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. SAMJO REALTY CORP.…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: May 16, 2000

Citations

272 A.D.2d 188 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
709 N.Y.S.2d 508

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