Case Name: 344 East 110th Street, Inc., Respondent, v. John Doe and Others, Defendants, Impleaded with John Houston, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1925-11-10
Citations: 125 Misc. 917
Docket Number: 
Parties: 344 East 110th Street, Inc., Respondent, v. John Doe and Others, Defendants, Impleaded with John Houston, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 125
Pages: 917–918

Head Matter:
344 East 110th Street, Inc., Respondent, v. John Doe and Others, Defendants, Impleaded with John Houston, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
November 10, 1925.
D. W. Steele, Jr., for the appellant.
No appearance for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The receipts introduced by the defendant indicate that he was a tenant and not a squatter. The fact that he was also janitor was an independent contract which does not involve his tenancy. The evidence is that he paid twenty-eight dollars and fifty cents rent and at the same time was paid twenty dollars a month for his services. The fact that these payments were contemporaneous does not affect the situation. The final order reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and the final order directed in favor of the tenant, with costs.
Present: Guy, Bijur and Mullan, JJ.