Case Name: Philip Baumeister et al., Respondents, v. Josephine Casieri et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1961-01-05
Citations: 32 Misc. 2d 654
Docket Number: 
Parties: Philip Baumeister et al., Respondents, v. Josephine Casieri et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 32
Pages: 654–655

Head Matter:
Philip Baumeister et al., Respondents, v. Josephine Casieri et al., Appellants.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
January 5, 1961.
Alvin Goldstein for appellants. James Bostwich for respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Since the tenants were in possession under an unexpired lease, the landlords were not entitled to maintain a holdover summary proceeding in the absence of a contractual right to terminate the tenancy before its natural expiration date (Almarine Realty Corp. v. Stern, 203 Misc. 190). The tenants were not represented by counsel at the trial; the failure to assert this defect in the landlords' case may not, in the circumstances, be regarded as a waiver or as an omission which, if timely asserted, might have been cured (see Varela v. Miller, 204 Misc. 88). It was, therefore error to grant a final order against the tenants who were without counsel.
The final order should be reversed, with $30 costs and petition dismissed, with costs, without prejudice to a new proceeding.
Concur — Hofstadtbb, J. P., Aurelio and Tilzer, JJ.
Final order reversed, etc.