Case Name: In the Matter of Rest Right Slipper Co., Inc., Respondent. Rebecca Barocas et al., Doing Business as Vicmor Realty Company, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1949-12-20
Citations: 276 A.D.2d 837
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Rest Right Slipper Co., Inc., Respondent. Rebecca Barocas et al., Doing Business as Vicmor Realty Company, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 276
Pages: 837–838

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Rest Right Slipper Co., Inc., Respondent. Rebecca Barocas et al., Doing Business as Vicmor Realty Company, Appellants.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The tenant's petition and motion to fix the emergency rent were both made pursuant to section 4 of chapter 3 of the Laws of 1945, as amended, which provide for a proceeding to fix a rent "exceeding the amount of the emergency rent". The petition states that the emergency rent is $316.67 a month and that the reasonable rent under section 4 is the same amount. As a proceeding originally' initiated under section 4 is by the terms of the section itself a proceeding for the fixation of rent in excess of the emergency rent, the purpose and the requirements of the section indicate that only a landlord has the right to initiate such a proceeding.
The order appealed from should be reversed, with $20 costs and disbursements, and the tenant's petition dismissed, with costs.
Glennon, J. P., Dore, Cohn, Yan Yoorhis and Shientag, JJ., concur.
Order unanimously reversed, with $20 costs and disbursements to the appellants, and tenant's petition dismissed. Settle order on notice.