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Leighton v. Jawrower

300 N.Y. 582 Court N.Y. Decision date 1949-12-29 English

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p. 582
Leon Leighton et al., as Trustees, Landlords, Appellants, v. Morris Jawrower, Tenant, Respondent.
Argued November 14, 1949;
decided December 29, 1949.
p. 583
Barnet Kaprow for appellants.
Ed Dupree, General Counsel (.Nathan Siegel, Hugo V. Prucha and Louise F. McCarthy of counsel), for Office of Housing Expediter, amicus curies, in support of appellants’ position.
Leo Isacson for respondent.
Barney Rosenstein and Mwray A. Gordon for New York Tenant Councils on Rent and Housing, amicus curiae, in support of respondent’s position.
p. 584
Order reversed, without costs, and the matter remitted to the Municipal Court of the City of New York for further proceedings upon the authority of F. T. B. Realty Corp. v. Goodman ( 300 N. Y. 140 ). No opinion.

Concur: Loughran, Ch. J., Lewis, Conway, Desmond, Dye, Fuld and Bromley, JJ.

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