Case Name: Agar Holding Co., Inc., Respondent, v. Martin Ellis, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1949-03-10
Citations: 195 Misc. 44
Docket Number: 
Parties: Agar Holding Co., Inc., Respondent, v. Martin Ellis, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 195
Pages: 44–45

Head Matter:
Agar Holding Co., Inc., Respondent, v. Martin Ellis, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
March 10, 1949.
Leonard H. Steibel and William A. Pallme for appellant.
Sidney Moerman and Thomas P. Feeney for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Since the adoption of rent control and protection
of tenants and subtenants in possession, a tenant who has sublet the entire premises is no longer deemed in- constructive possession and, especially upon his surrender of any claimed rights, the subtenant is considered the tenant of the landlord. (Gross v. Libby Properties, 273 App. Div. 851, affd. 298 N. Y. 514; WMCA, Inc., v. Blockfront Realty Corp., 272 App. Div. 800; cf. 214 West 39th St. Corp. v. Miss France Coats, 274 App. Div. 597.)
The judgment should be reversed, with $30 costs and complaint dismissed, with costs.
Hammer, Eder and Hecht, JJ., concur.
Judgment reversed, etc.