Case Name: Jennie Seedman, Appellant, v. Benenson Realty Co., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1945-10-25
Citations: 185 Misc. 769
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jennie Seedman, Appellant, v. Benenson Realty Co., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 185
Pages: 769–771

Head Matter:
Jennie Seedman, Appellant, v. Benenson Realty Co., Respondent.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department,
October 25, 1945.
Noah Seedman and William B. Gewanter for appellant.
Edward Ingram for respondent.

Opinion:
Memorandum Per Curiam.
While the plaintiff could not recover under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 because there was no proof of any overcharge as defined by that act (§ 205, subd. [e] ; U. S. Code, tit. 50, Appendix, § 925, subd. [e]) nevertheless she did give proof of a breach of the lease which entitled her to some damages. Subdivision (c) of section 1 of the Rent Regulation for Housing in the New York City Defense-Rental Area (8 Fed. Reg. 13914, 13915) provides that provisions of leases not inconsistent with the regulations are enforcible. An improper demand in the complaint did not destroy the right to proper damages on the facts which were uncontradicted.
The judgment should he unanimously reversed on the law and new trial granted, with $30 costs to appellant to abide the event. New trial to be limited to the cause of action for compensatory damages by reason of the claimed breach of the provision of the lease for services.
MacCbate, MoCooey and Steinbrink, JJ., concur.
Judgment reversed, etc.