Opinion
2003-688 OR C.
Decided February 5, 2004.
Appeal by defendants from a small claims judgment of the Justice Court, Town of Wallkill, Orange County (R. Freehill, J.), entered November 12, 2002, in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $1,569.33.
Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs.
PRESENT: McCABE, P.J., RUDOLPH and ANGIOLILLO, JJ.
In this small claims action seeking to recover for, inter alia, damage to plaintiff's property, the Justice Court could, upon the record before us, properly find that defendants caused the damage to plaintiff's apartment and that they are responsible for the cost of repairing same. Consequently, substantial justice was done between the parties according to the rules and principles of substantive law (UJCA 1804, 1807).