Camacho v Paduch (2018 NY Slip Op 28204)
Camacho v Paduch
2018 NY Slip Op 28204 [60 Misc 3d 837]
June 21, 2018
Guertin, J.
City Court of Middletown
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, September 12, 2018
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Franklin Camacho et al., Claimants,
v
Michael Paduch, Defendant.
City Court of Middletown, June 21, 2018
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Franklin Camacho, claimant pro se.
Yafreisy Martinez Camacho, claimant pro se.
Michael Paduch, defendant pro se.
{**60 Misc 3d at 838} OPINION OF THE COURT
Richard J. Guertin, J.
Introduction
This is a small claims action by Franklin Camacho and Yafreisy Martinez Camacho against Michael Paduch in which the claimants are seeking from the defendant the sum of $1,300 as the balance due to them from a $1,800 security deposit the claimants paid to the defendant in connection with the claimants' rental of real property known as 277 Highland Avenue, apartment 2, Middletown, New York. The defendant owns the property.
The claimants submitted their application to file small claims on April 13, 2018; the court mailed a notice of this action to the defendant on April 27, 2018, setting June 15, 2018, as the date for the trial. All parties appeared in court on June 15, 2018, for the trial. Both of the claimants and the defendant testified, all under oath and all credibly, and submitted documentary evidence for the court's consideration.
Findings of Fact
The credible evidence at the trial showed the following: