Skip to main content
DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Graham Court Owner's Corp. v. Taylor, 115 A.D.3d 50 (2014)

Citation
Graham Court Owner's Corp. v. Taylor, 115 A.D.3d 50 (2014)
Parent Document
Graham Court Owner's Corp. v. Taylor, 115 A.D.3d 50 (2014)
Jurisdiction
New York (state)
Effective Date
2014-01-21

Other Sections in This Document (61)

Full Text

536 chars
We now find that, having prevailed in his defense of the landlord’s holdover proceeding, the tenant is entitled to recover attorneys’ fees pursuant to Real Property Law § 234. That section states that when a lease provides for a landlord’s recovery of attorneys’ fees resulting from a tenant’s failure to perform any covenant under a lease, a reciprocal covenant “shall be implied” for the landlord to pay attorneys’ fees incurred as a result of either its failure to perform a covenant under the lease or a tenant’s successful defense: