Behrendt v. Rassmussen, 234 Minn. 97 (1951)

Citation: Behrendt v. Rassmussen, 234 Minn. 97 (1951)
Parent Document: Behrendt v. Rassmussen, 234 Minn. 97 (1951)
Jurisdiction: Minnesota (state)
Effective Date: 1951-04-27
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2038236/behrendt-v-rassmussen/ ↗

Full Text

674 chars

In New York, in the absence of a statutory remedy, one cannot maintain an action of tort on account of the procurement by fraud of a judgment of possession where stay of execution was granted at the request of the tenant. David v. Fayman, 273 App. Div. 408, 78 N. Y. S. (2d) 188, affirmed, 298 N. Y. 669, 82 N. E. (2d) 404; see, also, Rosenbluth v. Sackadorf, 190 Misc. 665, 76 N. Y. S. (2d) 447, reversed, 274 App. Div. 794, 79 N. Y. S. (2d) 524, affirmed, 298 N. Y. 761, 83 N. E. (2d) 158. A statute adopted in New York after the above decisions protects tenants against evictions in bad faith under the Housing and Rent Act of 1948. The New York statute reads as follows:

Other Sections in This Document (55)

Full Text