Case Name: Stafford Security Co., Inc., Landlord, Respondent, v. George Kremer, Tenant, Appellant, and William Kremer and Others, Tenants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1930-12-16
Citations: 138 Misc. 783
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stafford Security Co., Inc., Landlord, Respondent, v. George Kremer, Tenant, Appellant, and William Kremer and Others, Tenants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 138
Pages: 783–784

Head Matter:
Stafford Security Co., Inc., Landlord, Respondent, v. George Kremer, Tenant, Appellant, and William Kremer and Others, Tenants.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
December 16, 1930.
Pfeiffer & Crames [Alexander Pfeiffer and Clarence Horwitz of counsel], for the appellant.
Joseph G. Abramson [Herman Joseph and Henry Waldman of counsel], for the respondent.
Affg. 139 Misc. 156.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The dismissal of the first five defenses was correct. We are also of the opinion that the dismissal of the sixth defense as pleaded was right. While a merely colorable transfer carried out for the purpose of defrauding the tenant by preventing him from offsetting his demands might constitute a valid equitable defense (Horodenker Realty Co., Inc., v. Kramer, 185 N. Y. Supp. 67; Sheridan v. Mayor, 68 N. Y. 30, at p. 32) it should appear to substantiate such defense that the effect of the transfer would be to preclude the defendant from otherwise collecting his claim or enforcing his rights. (See Birdsall v. Read, 188 App. Div. 46.)
Final order and intermediate orders affirmed, with twenty-five dollars costs, with leave to appeal to the Appellate Division.
Ail concur; present, Lydon, Levy and Callahan, JJ.