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Kirshenbaum v. Berson

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department
Sep 25, 1959
19 Misc. 2d 787 (N.Y. App. Term 1959)

Opinion

September 25, 1959

Appeal from the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, SAMUEL D. JOHNSON, J.

Louis Dubin for appellant.

No appearance for respondent.


Tenant is not entitled to recover for the expense of the exterminator service which he voluntarily incurred ( Perlmutter v. Timely Toys, 8 A.D.2d 834; Davar Holdings v. Cohen, 255 App. Div. 445, affd. 280 N.Y. 828; Emigrant Ind. Sav. Bank v. 108 W. 49th St. Corp., 255 App. Div. 570).

The final order should be unanimously modified upon the law and facts by increasing landlord's recovery to $63.67, with appropriate costs in the court below, and as so modified affirmed, without costs on this appeal to either party.

Concur — PETTE, HART and BROWN, JJ.

Final order modified, etc.


Summaries of

Kirshenbaum v. Berson

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department
Sep 25, 1959
19 Misc. 2d 787 (N.Y. App. Term 1959)
Case details for

Kirshenbaum v. Berson

Case Details

Full title:LEO KIRSHENBAUM, Appellant v. IRWIN BERSON, Respondent

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department

Date published: Sep 25, 1959

Citations

19 Misc. 2d 787 (N.Y. App. Term 1959)
195 N.Y.S.2d 877

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