Case Name: Geza Eichhorn, Respondent, v. "John" Olshansky, First Name of Tenant Being Fictitious, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1924-12-15
Citations: 124 Misc. 177
Docket Number: 
Parties: Geza Eichhorn, Respondent, v. “John” Olshansky, First Name of Tenant Being Fictitious, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 124
Pages: 177–177

Head Matter:
Geza Eichhorn, Respondent, v. “John” Olshansky, First Name of Tenant Being Fictitious, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
December 15, 1924.
Summary proceedings to dispossess — evidence — warranty by landlord’s grantors of amount of rent not admissible against tenant.
In summary proceedings to dispossess, evidence of a warranty by the landlord's grantors of the amount of rent is not competent evidence against the tenant.
Appeal by tenant from a final order in summary proceedings in the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, Sixth District, awarding possession of the premises to the landlord.
Leo Schafran [Irving L. Rollins of counsel], for the appellant.
Geza Eichhorn, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The warranty by the landlord's grantors that the rent of this tenant s thirty-four dollars is not competent evidence against this tenant.
Final order reversed and a new trial ordered, with thirty dollars costs to appellant to abide the event.
All concur; present, Bijur, Wagner and Levy, JJ.