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Fenwick v. Price

Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 11, 2004
2004 N.Y. Slip Op. 50423 (N.Y. App. Term 2004)

Opinion

570895/03.

Decided May 11, 2004.

Landlord appeals from an order of the Civil Court, New York County, dated June 4, 2003 (Inez Hoyos, J.) denying her motion to reargue a prior order which had denied landlord's oral application to amend the nonpayment petition.

Order dated June 4, 2003 (Inez Hoyos, J.) affirmed, with $10 costs.

PRESENT: HON. LUCINDO SUAREZ, P.J., HON. WILLIAM P. McCOOE, HON. WILLIAM J. DAVIS, Justices.


Although the court's order "denied" the landlord's motion to reargue, the court apparently rejected the landlord's argument on the merits and, indeed, considered procedural events postdating the denial of the landlord's initial, oral application to amend the nonpayment petition. In such circumstances, the order, whether it effectively granted reargument or treated the motion as one for renewal, is appealable ( see, Premier Capital v. Damon Realty Corp., 299 AD2d 158; Sementilli v. Ruscigno, 286 AD2d 242). The landlord's substantive arguments on appeal are, however, without merit. No basis was shown to allow the landlord to amend the nonpayment petition to include a claim for rent arrears covered by the final judgment issued in the prior nonpayment proceeding between the parties and "deemed satisfied" therein ( Fenwick v. Price, NYLJ, Feb. 1, 2001, at 28 col 2 [App Term, 1st Dept], lv denied 2001 NY App Div LEXIS 7157 [June 14, 2001]).

This constitutes the decision and order of the court.


Summaries of

Fenwick v. Price

Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 11, 2004
2004 N.Y. Slip Op. 50423 (N.Y. App. Term 2004)
Case details for

Fenwick v. Price

Case Details

Full title:LILA FENWICK, Petitioner-Landlord-Appellant, v. RONALD PRICE…

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

Date published: May 11, 2004

Citations

2004 N.Y. Slip Op. 50423 (N.Y. App. Term 2004)