Case Name: T. Victor Searing et al., Appellants, v. Sidney Cohen, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1948-06-10
Citations: 191 Misc. 1006
Docket Number: 
Parties: T. Victor Searing et al., Appellants, v. Sidney Cohen, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 191
Pages: 1006–1007

Head Matter:
T. Victor Searing et al., Appellants, v. Sidney Cohen, Respondent.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
June 10, 1948.
Abraham J. Yasgour for appellants.
Roy M. Lazarus for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The reasonable value of the attorney's services could have been recovered as rent in the summary proceeding brought prior to January, 1948 (Barrow Realty Corp. v. Village Brewery Restaurant, Inc., 272 App. Div. 262). The settlement of the January proceeding was not an accord and satisfaction (Morrison Estates v. H. & M. Amusement Co., 17 N. Y. S. 2d 565).
The judgment should be reversed, with $30 costs, and judgment directed in favor of plaintiffs with costs. The case is remitted to the court below for assessment of damages as to the reasonable value of the attorneys' services in the summary proceeding to recover January, 1948, rent.
Hofstadter, Church and Hecht, JJ., concur.
Judgment reversed, etc.